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Book details

Format: epub

File Size: 466 KB

Print Length: 168 pages

Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0198733461

Publisher: OUP Oxford; 1 edition (24 March 2016)

Sold by: Amazon Asia-Pacific Holdings Private Limited

Language: English

ASIN: B01B9KZCZM



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.