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- Explains the fundamental topics in computer science using a set of easily identifiable examples and applications
- Provides a unified approach, offering exercises that can be reproduced by the reader without the need for any prior programming experience
- Presents each topic in the form of a "mini" lecture course, demonstrating how it allows us to solve real problems
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science (UTICS)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Foundations of Computer Science
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Reviews
From the reviews:
“The main audience of this textbook is students (either currently studying subjects related to CS or thinking about enrolling in that area of study) as well as teachers (who might use the book when preparing and developing courses and teaching materials). … The book can facilitate independent learning. … the book walks its readers through relevant and reasonably detailed examples, providing relatable ideas that will help them grasp these concepts.” (Budi Arief, Computing Reviews, May, 2014)Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Computer Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
Daniel Page, Nigel Smart
About the authors
Dr. Daniel Page and Prof. Nigel Smart are lecturers in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Bristol, UK, affiliated to the Cryptography and Information Security Group. Daniel Page is also the author of the Springer textbook A Practical Introduction to Computer Architecture.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: What Is Computer Science?
Book Subtitle: An Information Security Perspective
Authors: Daniel Page, Nigel Smart
Series Title: Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04042-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-04041-7Published: 15 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-04042-4Published: 31 December 2013
Series ISSN: 1863-7310
Series E-ISSN: 2197-1781
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 232
Number of Illustrations: 84 b/w illustrations
Topics: Computer Science, general, Cryptology, Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity, Computers and Education