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From: pattis@cs.washington.edu (Richard Pattis)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: CS Service Course - Fundamentals as well as Applications?
Summary: Two suggested books
Keywords: Service Courses
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Date: 6 Jul 90 06:26:44 GMT
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Two very interesting books came out this year (re: introductory CS courses
whose main focus is not to learn a programming language in depth):

Decker and Hirshfield, "The Analytical Engine: An Introduction to Computer
  Science using Hypercard", Wadsworth Publishing Co.

Biermann, "Great Ideas in Computer Science: A Gentle Introduction", MIT
  Press.

Rich Pattis