USST01: Computer Science and Information Technology Revolution
Univ Scholars Programme, NUS

Course Information (Spring 2002)


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Reading List:

The following three textbooks provide a fairly complete picture of the whole area, each from a somewhat different perspective:

  • A: "Computer Science, an Overview," J. Brookshear, Addison Wesley, 2000, ISBN: 0-8053-4632-5.
    (Note: This book gives the CS perspective.)

  • B: "Management Information Systems," Haag, Cummings & Dawkins, McGraw-Hill, 2000, ISBN: 0-07-231535-0. (Note: The library copy dated 1999 but appears same.)
    (Note: This book gives the business perspective.)

  • C: "Computers in Your Future," Meyer, Baber & Pfaffenberger, Que (Macmillan/Prentice-Hall), 1999, ISBN: 1-58076-085-6. (Note: The new edition 2002 is not yet here.)
    (Note: This book gives the layman's perspective.)
  • The following two books appeal to the future researchers

  • "Great Ideas in Computer Science," Alan W Biermann, MIT Press, ISBN: 0-262-02302-4.

  • "Turing Omnibus: 61 Excursions in Computer Science," A. K. Dewdney, Computer Science Press, ISBN: 0-7167-8154-9.

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