How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Interactive Edition
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How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Interactive Edition
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#2The table of contents makes me feel like the book title should be "How to use a computer like a scientist" - computer science already has a meaning which is quite different.
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#3Seems like just copied from runestone site: https://runestone.academy/ns/books/published/thinkcspy/index...
Re: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Interactive Edition
#4The table of contents makes me feel like the book title should be "How to use a computer like a scientist" - computer science already has a meaning which is quite different.
> The table of contents makes me feel like the book title should be "How to use a computer like a scientist"
I can understand the reluctance about computer science; but what about the table of contents made you think scientists?
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#5Very old and outdate, and plagiarize
Re: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Interactive Edition
#6Seems like just copied from runestone site: https://runestone.academy/ns/books/published/thinkcspy/index... See also: https://allendowney.github.io/ThinkPython/
"About this Project
This interactive book is a product of the Runestone Interactive Project at Luther College, led by Brad Miller and David Ranum. There have been many contributors to the project"
Re: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Interactive Edition
#7The table of contents makes me feel like the book title should be "How to use a computer like a scientist" - computer science already has a meaning which is quite different.
And science also has a meaning which has nothing to do with programming. What makes you think that most scientists use computers in this way?
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#8Totally unrelated but did anyone check the author's CV? He has had multiple intern dev roles even though he had at least 5 years of previous dev experience
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#9What is this? I think people just upvote it because it looks old and must be something good.
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#10Slightly off topic, but does anyone have experience using the book this is based on to teach or learn programming? If so what was your experience like? What was good or bad about it for example?