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" Computer science : "
Subrata Dasgupta.
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BL
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873792
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Dasgupta, Subrata
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| Title & Author
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Computer science : : a very short introduction /\ Subrata Dasgupta.
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| Edition Statement
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First edition.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford, United Kingdom :New York, NY :: Oxford University Press,, 2016.
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| Series Statement
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Very short introductions ;; 466
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xvii, 147 pages :: illustrations ;; 18 cm.
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| ISBN
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0198733461
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: 9780198733461
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-138) and index.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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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.
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Computer science.
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Computer science.
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Computers and IT.
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Computers and IT.
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| Dewey Classification
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004
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| LC Classification
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QA76.D314 2016
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QA76.D374 2016
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