Computer Science: An Overview, 13/e (IE-Paperback)

· New full-color design:
o Many figures and diagrams are now rendered more descriptively.
o Syntax coloring is now used to better effect for clarifying code and pseudocode segments in the text.
o Reflects the use of color in most modern programming interfaces to aid the programmer’s understanding of code.
· Revisions, updates, and corrections from the previous editions in each chapter.
· Intersections with the new College Board Advanced Placement® Computer Science Principles (“CSP”) exam

· This text follows a bottom-up arrangement of subjects that progresses from the concrete to the abstract—an order that results in a sound pedagogical presentation in which each topic leads to the next.
o Although the text follows this natural progression, the individual chapters and sections are independent and can usually be read as isolated units or rearranged to form alternative sequences of study.
· Ethical and legal aspects of areas such as Internet security, software engineering, and database technology bring to light what students should know to be safe and responsible users of technology.
· Uses Python code examples and Python-like pseudocode, due to its wide acceptance in other STEM fields, such as physics and biology, and as the language of choice for computational science applications.
· Each chapter includes a collection of questions called Social Issues that challenge students to think about the relationship between the material in the text and the society in which they live.