Donald Knuth — American Scientist born on January 10, 1938,

Donald Ervin Knuth is an American computer scientist, mathematician, and professor emeritus at Stanford University... (wikipedia)

People think that computer science is the art of geniuses but the actual reality is the opposite, just many people doing things that build on eachother, like a wall of mini stones.
Everyday life is like programming, I guess. If you love something you can put beauty into it.
Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do.
An algorithm must be seen to be believed.
I decry the current tendency to seek patents on algorithms. There are better ways to earn a living than to prevent other people from making use of one's contributions to computer science.