Computational Thinking by Peter J. Denning - ISBN: 9780262536561
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An introduction to computational thinking that traces a genealogy beginning centuries before the digital computer.

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    264 pages

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    14 May 2019

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An introduction to computational thinking that traces a genealogy beginning centuries before the digital computer.A few decades into the digital era, scientists discovered that thinking in terms of computation made possible an entirely new way of organizing scientific investigation; eventually, every field had a computational branch- computational physics, computational biology, computational sociology. More recently, “computational thinking” has become part of the K-12 curriculum. But what i…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262536561
ISBN-10:0262536560
Author:Peter J. Denning, Matti Tedre
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:264
Release Date:14 May 2019
Weight:242g
Dimensions:178mm x 127mm x 13mm
Series:MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
About The Author

Peter J. Denning

Peter J. Denning is Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California. He is the coauthor of The Innovator’s Way- Essential Practices for Successful Innovation and Great Principles of Computing, both published by the MIT Press.Matti Tedre is a Professor in the School of Computing at the University of Eastern Finland, Associate Professor in the Department of Computer and Systems Science at Stockholm University, and the author of The Science of Computing- Shaping a Discipline.

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