rosche

I do research in and teach computer science at all levels (BSc, MSc, PhD). My dream has always been working in academia, and to an extent, I've realized that dream, obviously. My absolute scientific north star has been Knuth's work, not only TAOCP, but his life's work, including literate programming. I've always dreamed of writing a magnus opus like that in my field.

But I can see that such comprehensive works, in the age of the internet, are impossible to write with an acceptable degree of generality: everything is in Wikipedia.

My question is: although I'm far from being Don Knuth, Do you think there is room for a book on any topic with the depth and breadth similar to Knuth's in this age?