Invitation to Computer Science (Paperback, 8th, Asia Edition)

Chapter 1 An Introduction to Computer Science

LEVEL 1 The Algorithmic Foundations of Computer Science
Chapter 2 Algorithm Discovery and Design
Chapter 3 The Efficiency Algorithms

LEVEL 2 The Hardware World
Chapter 4 The Building Blocks: Binary Numbers, Boolean Logic, and Gates
Chapter 5 Computer Systems Organization

LEVEL 3 The Virtual Machine
Chapter 6 An Introduction to System Software and Virtual Machines
Chapter 7 Computer Networks and Cloud Computing
Chapter 8 Information Security

LEVEL 4 The Software World
Chapter 9 Introduction to High-Level Language Programming
Chapter 10 The Tower of Babel: Programming Language
Chapter 11 Compilers and Language Translation
Chapter 12 Models of Computation

LEVEL 5 Applications
Chapter 13 Simulation and Modeling
Chapter 14 Ecommerce, Datebases, and Data Science
Chapter 15 Artificial Intelligence
Chapter 16 Computer Graphics and Entertainment; Movies, Games, and Virtual Communities

LEVEL 6 Social Issues in Computing
Chapter 17 Making Decisions about Computers, Information, and Society
Answers to Practice Problems
Index