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Computer Science Programming Basics in Ruby Exploring Concepts and Curriculum with Ruby

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ISBN-10: 1449355978

ISBN-13: 9781449355975

Edition: 2013

Authors: Ophir Frieder, Gideon Frieder, David Grossman

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This book is intended as a text for an “Introduction to Computer Science” course for non-majors. That is, this book is intended for "the rest of the world"; namely "every can program". No specific pre-requisites at the college level are needed. However, basic high school level mathematics knowledge is assumed. Our approach minimizes the need to harp on the illustrative programming language details in favor of an immediate introduction to core computer science topics. User interface issues are ignored as these have little if anything to do with the foundations of Computer Science. We use a very practical programming language (Ruby) as the foundation and provide a variety of detailed examples…    
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Book details

List price: $27.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/26/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 188
Size: 7.01" wide x 9.09" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Gideon Frieder is the former Dean of Engineering and currently A. James Clark Professor Emeritus of Engineering and Applied Science in the School of Engineering of George Washington University. Author of various academic publications in areas of Physics, Logic, medical applications and computer design, his background includes industrial and academic development of sophisticated projects such as complex systems (in the Israeli DoD), an innovative universal emulator/computer used, among other applications, in the certification of the Trident Submarine firing systems (in the US, via industrial corporations) and the design of a solar car that won the first place in the world in the 1995 Word…    

David is Founder and CEO of The Grossman Group (www.yourthoughtpartner.com), an award-winning Chicago-based communications consultancy focused on organizational consulting, strategic leadership development and internal communications.