See also prior discussion http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=846451

This guy is so multi-talented, it's incredible. I'm taking his algorithms class at Berkeley this semester, and it's cool to see that he's capable of doing stuff other than teach CS :P

Hey, what are you doing on Hacker News, we have a midterm to study for!

Haha, my roommate is in this class. His textbook is really nice, it reads really naturally. But my roommate said that his lecturing is not that great.

I disagree; he's one of my favorite lecturers.

This is a great book! I just started my mom on it!

Brilliant! His novel Turing is also great.

Reading it right now -- recommended.

I read this, it's pretty cool.