Kenneth Lane Thompson is an American pioneer of computer science. Thompson worked at Bell Labs for most of his career where he designed and implemented the original Unix operating system.
Books: Queen and Pawn Against Queen, Roycroft's 5-man Chess Endgame Series
Awards: Turing Award, National Medal of Technology and Innovation, Japan Prize
Books: Queen and Pawn Against Queen, Roycroft's 5-man Chess Endgame Series
Awards: Turing Award, National Medal of Technology and Innovation, Japan Prize