Screen LibraryComputer science : a very short introduction /
"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 s...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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Very short introductions ;
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"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. |
| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 147 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780198733461 (paperback) : 0198733461 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | QA76 |
| CLC: | TP3 |
| Call Number: | TP3/D229-1 |
| 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? |