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 K12 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 CTmethods, machines, computing education, software engineering, computational science, and designand 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. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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T�tulo: Computational Thinking (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)
Editor: MIT Press Ltd, United States
Fecha de publicaci�n: 2019
Idioma: Ingl�s
ISBN 10: 0262536560
ISBN 13: 9780262536561
Encuadernaci�n: Paperback
Estado: Very Good
Peso: 236 gramos

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An introduction to computational thinking that traces a genealogy beginning centuries before the digital computer.

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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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