Review of 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.]

Product Description

A Brand-New Book on an Essential Topic:
Computer Science Made Simple offers a straightforward one-stop resource for technology novices and advanced techies alike. V. Anton Spraul clarifies the basic concepts of hardware and software as well as networks, the Internet, graphics, and other applications, emphasizing how to put computers to work for you (instead of the other way around).

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.

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