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PublisherMIT Press

ISBN-100262536560

ISBN-139780262536561

eBay Product ID (ePID)24038272854

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Number of Pages264 Pages

Publication NameComputational Thinking

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2019

SubjectProgramming / Algorithms, Computer Science, Data Processing, History, Logic, Computer Engineering

TypeTextbook

AuthorPeter J. Denning, Matti Tedre

Subject AreaPhilosophy, Computers

SeriesThe MIT Press Essential Knowledge Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight8.5 Oz

Item Length7 in

Item Width5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2018-044011

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal005.1

SynopsisThis pocket-sized introduction to computational thinking and problem-solving traces its genealogy 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 is computational thinking? This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series offers an accessible overview-tracing a genealogy that begins centuries before digital computers and portraying computational thinking as the pioneers of computing have described it. The authors explain that computational thinking (CT) is not a set of concepts for programming; it is a way of thinking that is honed through practice- the mental skills for designing computations to do jobs for us, and for explaining and interpreting the world as a complex of information processes. Mathematically trained experts (known as "computers") who performed complex calculations as teams engaged in CT long before electronic computers. In each chapter, the authoridentify different dimensions of today's highly developed CT- . Computational Methods . Computing Machines . Computing Education . Software Engineering . Computational Science . Design Along the way, they debunk inflated claims for CT and computation while making clear the power of CT in all its complexity and multiplicity., This pocket-sized introduction to computational thinking and problem-solving traces its genealogy 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 is computational thinking? This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series offers an accessible overview--tracing a genealogy that begins centuries before digital computers and portraying computational thinking as the pioneers of computing have described it. The authors explain that computational thinking (CT) is not a set of concepts for programming; it is a way of thinking that is honed through practice: the mental skills for designing computations to do jobs for us, and for explaining and interpreting the world as a complex of information processes. Mathematically trained experts (known as "computers") who performed complex calculations as teams engaged in CT long before electronic computers. In each chapter, the author identify different dimensions of today's highly developed CT: - Computational Methods - Computing Machines - Computing Education - Software Engineering - Computational Science - Design Along the way, they debunk inflated claims for CT and computation while making clear the power of CT in all its complexity and multiplicity., 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 is computational thinking? This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series offers an accessible overview, tracing a genealogy that begins centuries before digital computers and portraying computational thinking as pioneers of computing have described it. The authors explain that computational thinking (CT) is not a set of concepts for programming; it is a way of thinking that is honed through practice: the mental skills for designing computations to do jobs for us, and for explaining and interpreting the world as a complex of information processes. Mathematically trained experts (known as "computers") who performed complex calculations as teams engaged in CT long before electronic computers. The authors identify six dimensions of today's highly developed CT--methods, machines, computing education, software engineering, computational science, and design--and cover each in a chapter. Along the way, they debunk inflated claims for CT and computation while making clear the power of CT in all its complexity and multiplicity.

LC Classification NumberQA76.9.L63D46 2019