Title:
Computer science : a very short introduction / Subrata Dasgupta.
Author:
Dasgupta, Subrata, author.
Publication Information:
Oxford, United Kingdom : New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Call Number:
QA76 .D374 2016
Abstract:
"Subrata Dasgupta explores the fundamental nature of computer science, and sheds light on its central concepts. He considers algorithms, programming, sequential and parallel processing, and emerging ideas such as biological computing and cognitive modelling, and discusses the idea of computer science as a study of the artificial."--Book cover.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780198733461
Series:
Very short introductions ; 466
Very short introductions ; 466.
Physical Description:
xvii, 147 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Contents:
The "stuff" of computing -- Computational artefacts -- Algorithmic thinking -- The art, science, and engineering of programming -- The discipline of computer architecture -- Heuristic computing -- Computational thinking -- Epilogue: is computer science a universal science?
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