Programming for the Puzzled: Learn to Program While Solving Puzzles

by Srinivas Devadas

Book Overview

Learning programming with one of "the coolest applications around" algorithmic puzzles ranging from scheduling selfie time to verifying the six degrees of separation hypothesis.

This book builds a bridge between the recreational world of algorithmic puzzles (puzzles that can be solved by algorithms) and the pragmatic world of computer programming, teaching readers to program while solving puzzles. Few introductory students want to program...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262534304
• ISBN13: 9780262534307
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher