Edsger Wybe Dijkstra, one of the creators of the art and science of computer programming, has died. He was 72. Born in Rotterdam in 1930, Dijkstra's career in Europe and the United States included ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...