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. The book includes thirty well-developed independent projects that encourage students to explore questions across disciplinary boundaries. Each is motivated by a problem that students can investigate by developing algorithms and implementing them as Python programs. The book's accompanying website - http://discoverCS.denison.edu - includes sample code and data files, pointers for further exploration, errata, and links to Python language references. Containing over 600 homework exercises and over 300 integrated reflection questions, this textbook is appropriate for a first computer science course for computer science majors, an introductory scientific computing course or, at a slower pace, any introductory computer science course.
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Publisher
Apple Academic Press Inc.
ISBN-13
9781482254143
eBay Product ID (ePID)
214411202
Product Key Features
Author
Jessen Havill
Publication Name
Discovering Computer Science: Interdisciplinary Problems, Principles, and Python Programming
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Computer Science, Mathematics
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
750 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
254mm
Item Width
178mm
Item Weight
1588g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Jessen Havill
Series Title
Chapman & Hall/Crc Textbooks in Computing
Country/Region of Manufacture
Canada
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