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020			_a9781482254143
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050			_aQA 76 .H38 2016
100			_aHavill, Jessen _eauthor
245		0	_aDiscovering computer science : _binterdisciplinary problems, principles and python programming / _cJessen Havill
260			_aBoca Raton, Florida : _bCRC Press, _cc2016
300			_axxv, 724 pages : _billustrations ; _c26 cm.
365			_bUSD158.87
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aWhat 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.
520			_aDiscovering 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.
650			_aCOMPUTER SCIENCE
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