Title: Introduction to Computer Science Using Python: A Computational Problem-Solving Focus
Publisher: Wiley
Publication Date: 2012
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0470555157
ISBN 13: 9780470555156
Binding: paperback
Condition: Very Good

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Introduction to Computer Science Using Python: A Computational Problem-Solving Focus,recommended by Guido van Rossum, the creator of Python (“This is not your average Python book…I think this book is a great text for anyone teaching CS1”). With a focus on computational problem solving from Chapter 1, this text provides numerous hands-on exercises and examples, each chapter ending with a significant-size program demonstrating the step-by-step process of program development, testing, and debugging. A final chapter includes the history of computing, starting with Charles Babbage, containing over 65 historical images. An end-of-book Python 3 Programmers’ Reference is also included for quick lookup of Python details. Extensive instructor materials are provided for those adopting for classroom use, including an instructors’ manual, over 1,000 well-developed slides covering all fundamental topics of each chapter, source code, and test bank.

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Charles Dierbach is an Associate Professor of computer science at Towson University. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Delaware. While a lecturer there, he received the Outstanding Teaching Award from the undergraduate chapter of the ACM. He also received a Towson University Faculty Excellence Award, and was Director of the Undergraduate Computer Science program for over ten years.?Dr. Dierbach has regularly taught introductory undergraduate computer science courses for the past thirty-five years. He also teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in object-oriented design and programming.

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