Computer Science: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780198733461)

Over the past sixty years, the spectacular growth of the technologies associated with the computer is visible for all to see and experience. Yet, the science underpinning this technology is less visible and little understood outside the professional computer science community. As a scientific discipline, computer science stands alongside the likes of molecular biology and cognitive science as one of the most significant new sciences of the post Second World War era.

In this Very Short Introduction, Subrata Dasgupta sheds light on these lesser known areas and considers the conceptual basis of computer science. Discussing algorithms, programming, and sequential and parallel processing, he considers emerging modern ideas such as biological computing and cognitive modelling, challenging the idea of computer science as a science of the artificial.

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Author: Subrata Dasgupta
ISBN-10: 0198733461
ISBN-13: 9780198733461
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2016
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 6.80h x 4.40w x 0.30d