FOUNDATIONS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

Carberry, M. S.; Khalil, H. M.; Leathrum, J. F.; And Levy, L. S.

ISBN 10: 0914894188 / ISBN 13: 9780914894186

Published by Computer Science Press, Potomac, MD, 1979

About this Item

This is a volume in the publisher's COMPUTER SOFTWARE ENGINEERING SERIES. "This text was designed for the student taking his or her first course in Computer Science. No college level prerequisites are assumed. Where mathematical notions are employed, intuitive discussions are included to help the student relate to and understand the result. The book is language independent - we present algorithms in flow charts, pidgin algol, or decision tables. We show algorithmic methods of translating from one form to another (The text has been taught with at least the following languages: Basic, Cobol, Fortran, PL/1, Algol 60, DELISA - a lisp dialect and APL." The chapter headings are: Computer Science: Scientific and Historical Perspectives; Problem Solving on Computers; Programming Methodology; Computer Systems - An Overview; Semiotics: Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics; Control Structures; Data Structures; Numerical Applications; Nonnumerical Applications; Social Issues in Computing; Artificial Intelligence; Computer Software; Interactive Computation; Mathematical Models or Machines; and Programming a Pocket Calculator. Fifteen chapters, 317 pages, with figures, halftones, and Index; plus ix pages Preface, and Contents. Boards are clean and sound; name and address of prior owner on lfEP, and price stamp on rfEP; text is clean and strong.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: FOUNDATIONS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
• Publisher: Computer Science Press, Potomac, MD
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0914894188
• ISBN 13: 9780914894186
• Binding: Printed Red Boards
• Edition: First Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Very Good Printed Red Boards This is a volume in the publisher's COMPUTER SOFTWARE ENGINEERING SERIES. "This text was designed for the student taking his or her first course in Computer Science. No college level prerequisites are assumed. Where mathematical notions are employed, intuitive discussions are included to help the student relate to and understand the result. The book is language independent - we present algorithms in flow charts, pidgin algol, or decision tables. We show algorithmic methods of translating from one form to another (The text has been taught with at least the following languages: Basic, Cobol, Fortran, PL/1, Algol 60, DELISA - a lisp dialect and APL." The chapter headings are: Computer Science: Scientific and Historical Perspectives; Problem Solving on Computers; Programming Methodology; Computer Systems - An Overview; Semiotics: Syntax, Semantics and Pragmatics; Control Structures; Data Structures; Numerical Applications; Nonnumerical Applications; Social Issues in Computing; Artificial Intelligence; Computer Software; Interactive Computation; Mathematical Models or Machines; and Programming a Pocket Calculator. Fifteen chapters, 317 pages, with figures, halftones, and Index; plus ix pages Preface, and Contents. Boards are clean and sound; name and address of prior owner on lfEP, and price stamp on rfEP; text is clean and strong.