| View Larger Image | Computer Science: An Overview (10th Edition) | Paperbackby J. Glenn Brookshear (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Addison Wesley | | Edition: | 10th Edition | | Page Count: | 688 Pages | | Publication Date: | January 06, 2008 | | Sales Rank: | 211,771th |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
Students and instructors alike continue to praise the broad coverage and clear exposition that Computer Science: An Overview uses to present a complete picture of the dynamic computer science field. Accessible to students from all backgrounds, Glenn Brookshear uses a language-independent context to encourage the development of a practical, realistic understanding of the field. The Tenth Edition employs several world-renowned experts in respective fields to ensure that coverage reflects cutting-edge technology and appeals to today's students. Timely topics such as bioinformatics and artificial intelligence engage students, and the text provides coverage of foundational hardware topics like data representation and storage, machine architecture, and machine language. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 31 reviews)
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Promise to Overnighted not kept by Loan P. Luu  1 Stars
August 10, 2009
This person wrote me an email to apologized that he forgot to mail it to me and that he would overnight it to me next day, he never did, instead he refunded my money? I needed the book, not my money back. His promise to overnight was not kept, I'm very disappointed as classes starts in 2 weeks...Mei.
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Computer science book by M. Abdulhameed  5 Stars
June 05, 2009
An excellent book helped me a lot during my study and arrived in a good condition,thanx Amazon.
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computer science by Evelyn Westman (new student in maine) 5 Stars
October 06, 2008
I recieved this book in a timely fashion and it was in excellent condition for the money I paid. I am very pleased with this purchase.
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Comprehensive, though a bit dry and esoteric by CrunchyCookie (Palo Alto, CA)  2 Stars
September 11, 2008
While I have no doubt the author knows his stuff, I can't imagine this book having strong appeal with any one audience. On one hand, I can see how those already in the know about Computer Science would find this text too simple, since it spends most of its time explaining the nuts and bolts of the stuff they probably already know: binary language, bits and bytes, programming languages, and a heck of a lot of terminology.
It's even worse for those of us who don't know jack about CS and are trying to get an idea. Simply put, this book is dry and dense, and always getting bogged down in a level of detail that seems inappropriate for something calling itself an "overview." It's stuff you have to slow down or re-read to fully absorb, and I suspect it would turn off a lot of casual readers from exploring CS further. When it's finally over, you'll have learned very little about programming, which is a key reason many would pick up a title like this in the first place.
I don't think "Catch 22" is the proper term here. If it really is too simple for experts and too abstract and frustrating for beginners, "worst of both worlds" would capture it better.
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9th ed. Author needs to take a writing class by Teresa Shaw (MN USA) 1 Stars
November 06, 2007
This book was required for my college introductory computer science class. Surprisingly enough, I had to purchase a different computer science book in order to understand this book. The author writes in circles and rarely states definitions plainly. Many times, Brookshear attempts two or three times to restate the information he is trying to convey, but this just makes the book even more confusing. It is not "fun" to read.
This book reminds me of the old, stodgy computer books of the 1990s. The paper is thin, and the font is very tiny and faint. The layout seems to be stuck in the 1990s as well. There are no chapter review sections that plainly compile major themes and no terms/definitions lists. A glossary would have been great. Also, there are no quick reference facts posted in the page margins. One plus is that the publisher put key terms in bold but, like I mentioned above, the author keeps you searching and searching for definitions.
To help ensure I passed my computer science class, I purchased Computer Science Illuminated, 3rd ed., by Nell Dale and John Lewis and had no problems at all understanding the topic or the writing. Computer Science Illuminated includes the same information as Brookshear's book but is 100 times easier to read and understand. Plus, it is "fun" to read. Computer Science Illuminated
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