Introduction to Computing: Explorations in Language, Logic, and Machines

by David Evans

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Computer science studies how to describe, predict properties of, and efficiently implement information processes. This book introduces the most important ideas in computing using the Scheme and Python programming languages. It focuses on how to describe information processes by defining procedures, how to analyze the costs required to carry out a procedure, and the fundamental limits of what can and cannot be computed mechanically.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1463687478

ISBN13:9781463687472

Release Date:August 2011

Publisher:CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Length:266 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:9.7" x 0.6" x 7.4"

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Computers Computers & Technology

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