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Computer Science: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions) Paperback – Illustrated, 24 Mar. 2016

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    0198733461
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    978-0198733461
  3. Edition
    Illustrated
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    OUP Oxford
  5. Publication date
    24 Mar. 2016
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    English
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Professor Subrata Dasgupta holds the Computer Science Trust Fund Eminent Scholar Chair in the School of Computing and Informatics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He was previously Dowty Professor of Computer Systems Engineering at University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, and has held various visiting positions at universities including Oxford and Cambridge. He has written 14 books on topics of technology, science, and creativity, including It Began with Babbage: the genesis of computer science (OUP, 2014).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ OUP Oxford; Illustrated edition (24 Mar. 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 176 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0198733461
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0198733461
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 1.27 x 10.67 x 17.27 cm
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