Discovering Computer Science: Interdisciplinary Problems, Principles, and Python Programming

"Havill's problem-driven approach introduces algorithmic concepts in context and motivates students with a wide range of interests and backgrounds."

-- Janet Davis, Associate Professor and Microsoft Chair of Computer Science, Whitman College

"This book looks really great and takes exactly the approach I think should be used for a CS 1 course. I think it really fills a need in the textbook landscape."

-- Marie desJardins, Dean of the College of Organizational, Computational, and Information Sc...