Computational Fairy Tales by Jeremy Kubica

Computational Fairy Tales by Jeremy Kubica

Have you ever thought that computer science should include more dragons and wizards? Computational Fairy Tales introduces principles of computational thinking, illustrating high-level computer science concepts, the motivation behind them, and their application in a non-computer-fairy tale-domain. The goal of this book is not to provide comprehensive coverage of each topic, but rather to provide a high level overview of the breadth and excitement of computer science. It's a quest that will take you from learning the basics of programming in a blacksmith's forge to fighting curses with recursion. Fifteen seers delivered the same prophecy, without so much as a single minstrel to lighten the mood: an unknown darkness threatens the kingdom. Suddenly, Princess Ann finds herself sent forth alone to save the kingdom. Leaving behind her home, family, and pet turtle Fido, Princess Ann must face goblin attacks, magical curses, arrogant scholars, an unpleasant oracle, and rude Boolean waiters. Along the way she must build a war chest of computational knowledge to survive the coming challenge.

Jeremy Kubica works at Google as a principal engineer on machine learning and algorithms. He graduated from Cornell University with a BS in computer science and a PhD in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University. Kubica is the creator of the well-known blog Computational Fairy Tales.

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ISBN 13	9781477550298
ISBN 10	1477550291
Title	Computational Fairy Tales
Author	Jeremy Kubica
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	CreateSpace
Year published	2012-06-26
Number of pages	204
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.