Subrata Dasgupta (Computer Science Trust Fund Eminent Scholar Endow

Computer Science: A Very Short Introduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

While the development of Information Technology has been obvious to all, the underpinning computer science has been less apparent. Subrata Dasgupta provides a thought-provoking introduction to the field and its core principles, considering computer science as a science of symbol processing.

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Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 172mm x 111mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 131g
• ISBN-13: 9780198733461
• ISBN-10: 0198733461
• Artikelnr.: 43370484

Autorenporträt

Professor Subrata Dasgupta holds the Computer Science Trust Fund Eminent Scholar Chair in the School of Computing and Informatics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He was previously Dowty Professor of Computer Systems Engineering at University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, and has held various visiting positions at universities including Oxford and Cambridge. He has written 14 books on topics of technology, science, and creativity, including It Began with Babbage: the genesis of computer science (OUP, 2014).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: The 'stuff' of computing
2: Computational artifacts
3: Algorithmic thinking
4: The art, science, and engineering of programming
5: The discipline of computer architecture
6: Heuristic computing
7: Computational thinking
Epilogue
References
Further Reading
Index