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Chapter 1: On the Point of this Book

Chapter 1: On the Point of this Book

pp. 1-4

Authors

David Liben-Nowell, Carleton College, Minnesota
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Summary

This book is designed for an undergraduate student who has taken a computerscience class or three. Most likely, you are a sophomore or juniorprospective or current computer science major taking your firstnon-programming-based CS class. If you are a student in this position, youmay be wondering why you’re taking this class (or why youhave to take this class!).

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