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The Book focuses on computational problem solving from Chapter 1, this text provides numerous hands-on exercises and examples, each chapter ending with a significant-size program demonstrating the step-by-step process of program development, testing and debugging. A final chapter includes the history of computing, starting with Charles Babbage, containing over 65 historical images. An end-of-book Python 3 Programmers’ Reference is also included for quick lookup of Python details.

About the Author

Charles Dierbach is an Associate Professor of computer science at Towson University. While a lecturer there, he received the Outstanding Teaching Award from the undergraduate chapter of the ACM. He also received a Towson University Faculty Excellence Award, and was Director of the Undergraduate Computer Science program for over ten years.  Dr. Dierbach has regularly taught introductory undergraduate computer science courses for the past thirty-five years.



Table of Contents:
Preface Acknowledgments About the Author 1 Introduction 1.1 What Is Computer Science? 1.2 Computer Algorithms 1.3 Computer Hardware 1.4 Computer Software 1.5 The Process of Computational Problem Solving 1.6 The Python Programming Language 1.7 A First Program--Calculating the Drake Equation 2 Data and Expressions 2.1 Literals 2.2 Variables and Identifiers 2.3 Operators 2.4 Expressions and Data Types 2.5 Age in Seconds Program 3 Control Structures 3.1 What Is a Control Structure? 3.2 Boolean Expressions (Conditions) 3.3 Selection Control 3.5 Calendar Month Program 4 Lists 4.1 List Structures 4.2 Lists (Sequences) in Python 4.3 Iterating Over Lists (Sequences) in Python 4.4 More on Python Lists 4.5 Calendar Year Program 5 Functions 5.1 Program Routines 5.2 More on Functions 5.3 Credit Card Calculation Program 6 Objects and Their use 6.1 Software Objects 6.2 Turtle Graphics 6.3 Horse Race Simulation Program 7 Modular Design 7.1 Modules 7.2 Top-Down Design 7.3 Python Modules 7.3.1 What Is a Python Module? 7.4 Calendar Year Program (function version) 8 Text Files 8.1 What Is a Text File? 8.2 Using Text Files 8.3 String Processing 8.4 Exception Handling 8.5 Cigarette Use/Lung Cancer Correlation Program 9 Dictionaries and Sets 9.1 Dictionary Type in Python 9.2 Set Data Type 9.3 A Food Co-op's Worker Scheduling Simulation 10 Object-Oriented Programming 10.1 What Is Object-Oriented Programming? 10.2 Encapsulation 10.3 Inheritance 10.4 Polymorphism 10.5 Object-Oriented Design using UML 10.6 Vehicle Rental Agency Program 11 Recursion 11.1 Recursive Functions 11.2 Recursive Problem Solving 11.3 Iteration vs. Recursion 11.4 Towers of Hanoi 12 Computing and Its Developments 12.1 The Concept of a Programmable Computer 12.2 Developments Leading to Electronic Computing 12.3 The Early Groundbreakers 12.4 The First Commercially Available Computers 12.5 Transistorized Computers 12.6 The Development of High-Level Programming Languages 12.7 The Development of the Integrated Circuit (1958) 12.8 Mainframes, Minicomputers, and Supercomputers 12.9 The Rise of the Microprocessor 12.10 The Dawn of Personal Computing 12.11 The Development of Wide Area Networks 12.12 The Development of Local Area Networks (LANs) 12.13 The Development of the Internet and World Wide Web Appendix Index


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  • ISBN-13: 9788126556014
  • Publisher: Wiley India Pvt Ltd
  • Binding: Paperback
  • No of Pages: 608
  • ISBN-10: 8126556013
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jun 2015
  • Language: English

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