17.11.05
Computer Science Unplugged
Don Sannella writes:
I wrote:
> there is some
> child-friendly stuff around about algorithms, for instance a card
> trick that illustrates a simple error-correcting code. (I recall
> seeing a book full of such things, and will try to track it down.)
"Computer Science Unplugged" by Tim Bell, Ian Witten, and Mike
Fellows. I found a copy on the web at
http://www1.idc.ac.il/csu/CSU%20book/unplugged%20book%20part1.pdf
and so on, up to
http://www1.idc.ac.il/csu/CSU%20book/unplugged%20book%20part1.pdf
or buy it at
http://www.lulu.com/content/166249
Don
