Computer Science Made Simple: Learn how hardware and software work-- and how to make them work for you! [Paperback]

V. Anton Spraul (Author)

Book Description

Series: Made Simple | Publication Date: April 12, 2005

Be smarter than your computer

If you don't understand computers, you can quickly be left behind in today's fast-paced, machine-dependent society.

Computer Science Made Simple offers a straightforward resource for technology novices and advanced techies alike. It clarifies all you need to know, from the basic components of today’s computers to using advanced applications. The perfect primer, it explains how it all comes together to make computers work. Topics covered include:

* hardware
* software
* programming
* networks
* the internet
* computer graphics
* advanced computer concepts
* computers in society


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About the Author

V. ANTON SPRAUL is the director of curriculum development at the American College of Computer and Information Sciences, where he also teaches a wide range of computer science and information technology courses.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Broadway (April 12, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0767917073
• ISBN-13: 978-0767917070
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #941,384 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars explains hardware and software to a general audience, August 5, 2005

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This review is from: Computer Science Made Simple: Learn how hardware and software work-- and how to make them work for you! (Paperback)

Spraul gives a quick and easy introduction to explaining this mysterious thing call computer science. He explains the common Neumann architecture of a single CPU computer. Something which has essentially remained unchanged since the Manhattan Project.

Then he talks about the software that runs on this hardware. From this model of software running on 1 computer, the discussion segues naturally into a network of such machines. Wherein the Internet appears. And its common version, the Web, which many users casually and wrongly assume to be synonymous with it.

There is little specialised hardware knowledge or maths required for the book. Indeed, the Boolean logic is shown to be utterly simple. Though, within the constraints of his presentation, the reader is not shown enough to appreciate that from the Boolean logic, one can build up an entire edifice of digital maths. [It's properly the subject of a more advanced text.]

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really made things "click", April 20, 2009

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This review is from: Computer Science Made Simple: Learn how hardware and software work-- and how to make them work for you! (Paperback)

After reading this book, computers weren't as scary. Somehow it made sense how it operates. Now I enjoy time on the computer!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good, very good!, January 20, 2009

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This review is from: Computer Science Made Simple: Learn how hardware and software work-- and how to make them work for you! (Paperback)

I have read several beginner computer books lately and this is by far best of them, if this is beginner book at all! This book doesn't underestimate the intelligence of reader and doesn't "buy more pages" with nonsense. I mean, if you don't know how to move mouse or where Enter button is on keyboard, buy '-for dummies' books. But if you want to get little bit (well a lot actually) deeper than that, buy this book.