- Video lectures: CS204 (Stanford University, 1985)
- Notes on problems (pdf)
According to D. E. Knuth course is given only once in two years because it takes him two years to think of good enough problems. The goal of the course it to understand problem solving in general and not just to solve those 5 problems and to get into as many of the different areas of computer science research as possible.
"This was an experimental project where we'd have three or four cameras in a basement studio and we would film classes of about an hour," says Knuth. "We got a bunch of our brightest students and gave them extremely difficult problems. You could literally see the Aha taking place. People can watch the problem-solving process as it occurred." Over 25 hours of these sessions are available for viewing.