How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python

by Allen B. Downey, Jeffrey Elkner, Chris Meyers

Series: How To Think Like A Computer Scientist

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"How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python" is an introduction to computer science using the Python programming language. It covers the basics of computer programming, including variables and values, functions, conditionals and control flow, program development and debugging. Later chapters cover basic algorithms and data structures.… (more)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Allen B. Downey	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Elkner, Jeffrey	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Meyers, Chris	—	main author	all editions	confirmed

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"How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python" is an introduction to computer science using the Python programming language. It covers the basics of computer programming, including variables and values, functions, conditionals and control flow, program development and debugging. Later chapters cover basic algorithms and data structures.

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