The Knuth Number (Comp-Sci-Fi Book 2)

A teen hacker in Amsterdam marshals an army of botnet computers to compute a 300-digit number with unimaginable power. An investigator for EuroPol is on their tail with help from a cutting-edge software agent. Sparks fly when these two cross wits, and the result sets into motion a new future in this YA technothriller.

Part of the Comp-Sci-Fi series

This story is part of a series of short stories honoring visionaries in computer science. Donald Knuth is known as one of the guiding lights of computer science.

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