G. Michael Schneider

Ronald Davis

Thomas Mertz

Computer Organization and Assembly Language Programming for the VAX

Judith L. Gersting

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INVITATION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE, 6E, International Edition is a well-respected text that provides an overview of the computer science field. Using a flexible, non-language specific model, INVITATION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE, 6E, International Edition offers a solid foundation for the first course in a Computer Science curriculum. INVITATION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE, 6E, International Edition maintains its bestselling, algorithm-driven approach and includes expanded chapter exercises and practice problems, as well as new boxes dedicated to mobile applications and current issues throughout. Online language modules are available in C++, Java, Python, C#, and Ada, allowing the option of incorporating a programming language to expand concepts from the text.INVITATION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE, 6E, International Edition offers an optional CourseMate with study tools such as flashcards, quizzing, and games. CourseMate Activities speak to and engage students while developing abstract thinking and problem solving skills.Also available with INVITATION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE, 6E, International Edition, an optional Lab Manual containing 20 laboratory projects that map directly to the main text. The Lab Manual and accompanying software provide both visual and hands-on activities, allowing students to experience the fundamentals of computer science.

Invitation to Computer Science

Sara Baase

This textbook for a one-semester introductory course in computer science for non-majors broadly covers algorithms, hardware, operating systems, software, compilers, applications, networks, artificial intelligence, and social and legal issues.

Java Version

An Invitation to Computer Science

This new edition of Invitation to Computer Science follows the breadth-first guidelines recommended by CC2001 to teach computer science topics from the ground up. The authors begin by showing that computer science is the study of algorithms, the central theme of the book, then move up the next five levels of the hierarchy: hardware, virtual machine, software, applications, and ethics. Utilizing rich pedagogy and a consistently engaging writing style, Schneider and Gersting provide students with a solid grounding in theoretical concepts, as well as important applications of computing and information technology. A laboratory manual and accompanying software is available as an optional bundle with this text.

C++ Version

Kenneth Alfred Lambert

Thomas Whaley

Lab Manual for Schneider and Gersting's an Invitation to Computer Science

In this best-selling text, Mike Schneider and Judy Gersting unify and lend relevance to the topics of computer science within their proven framework of a six-layer hierarchy of abstractions. The authors begin by showing that computer science is the study of algorithms, which is the central theme of the book, then move up the next five levels of the hierarchy: hardware, virtual machine, software, applications, and ethics. Each layer in the hierarchy builds upon the ideas and concepts presented in earlier chapters. In addition to some motivational applications such as Web page design and interactive graphics, the book covers the fundamental issues of algorithms, hardware design, computer organization, system software, language models, theory of computation, and social and ethical issues of computing. Exposure to these deeper and more complex core ideas introduces students to the richness and beauty of the field and helps them appreciate the principles behind their creation and implementation. While feeling the excitement of computer science, students receive a solid grounding in the central concepts as well as in important uses of computing and information technology.

Steven W. Weingart

David M. Pearlman

Introduces all aspects of programming and problem solving in the Pascal language, with special attention to good programming habits and style. Covers the use of algorithm thinking as a means for problem solving, refinement, recursion, and top down modular programming. Extensive exercises are included at the end of each chapter, with answers to selected exercises at the end of the book.

Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving with PASCAL

David M. Perlman

Algorithms; Basic pascal concepts; Elementary pascal programming; Flow of control; Running debugging and testing programs; Additional pascal data types; Functions and procedures; Building quality programs.

G. Michael Schneider

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