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Re: [PLUG] Suggestions for a 'computer science' textbook...
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Guillermo Moyna wrote:
Dear PLUG gang,
A colleague here is teaching several bioinformatic courses, and asked me
if I knew of any 'computer science' textbooks he could recommend to his
students. Since I never learned any computer stuff in a 'formal'
environment, I have no idea. Do you have any suggestions? He wants
something that covers the basics (hardware, software, a bit of
programming 'philosophy', maybe something that also touches databases,
etc.). I know that one would usually use specific books/sources for each
topic, but it's likely that there is a textbook out there that has a bit
of everything bundled-up.
Look for the books that the force upon introductory CS students, these usually cover everything.
not in depth, but some contain resource pointers.
My CS grad program had a course for student
without a CS background .. the books,
and the course notes should be quite useful. Course notes are generally
posted on the class web page.
and if his class is anything like mine was i would suggest programming perl.
CLR and Computer Architecture are good but overkill IMHO.
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