Discovering computer science : interdisciplinary problems, principles and python programming / Jessen Havill

By:

Havill, Jessen [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press, c2016Description: xxv, 724 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:

9781482254143

Subject(s):

COMPUTER SCIENCE

LOC classification:

QA 76 .H38 2016

Contents:

What is computation? -- Elementary computations -- Visualizing abstraction -- Growth and decay -- Forks in the road -- Text, documents, and DNA -- Designing programs -- Data analysis -- Flatland -- Self-similarity and recursion -- Organizing data -- Networks -- Abstract data types.

Summary: Discovering Computer Science: Interdisciplinary Problems, Principles, and Python Programming introduces computational problem solving as a vehicle of discovery in a wide variety of disciplines. With a principles-oriented introduction to computational thinking, the text provides a broader and deeper introduction to computer science than typical introductory programming books. Organized around interdisciplinary problem domains, rather than programming language features, each chapter guides students through increasingly sophisticated algorithmic and programming techniques. The author uses a spiral approach to introduce Python language features in increasingly complex contexts as the book progresses. The text places programming in the context of fundamental computer science principles, such as abstraction, efficiency, and algorithmic techniques, and offers overviews of fundamental topics that are traditionally put off until later courses.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	National University - Manila	LRC - Graduate Studies General Circulation	Gen. Ed. - CCIT	GC QA 76 .H38 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available		NULIB000014072

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Discovering Computer Science: Interdisciplinary Problems, Principles, and Python Programming introduces computational problem solving as a vehicle of discovery in a wide variety of disciplines. With a principles-oriented introduction to computational thinking, the text provides a broader and deeper introduction to computer science than typical introductory programming books. Organized around interdisciplinary problem domains, rather than programming language features, each chapter guides students through increasingly sophisticated algorithmic and programming techniques. The author uses a spiral approach to introduce Python language features in increasingly complex contexts as the book progresses. The text places programming in the context of fundamental computer science principles, such as abstraction, efficiency, and algorithmic techniques, and offers overviews of fundamental topics that are traditionally put off until later courses.

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