Abstraction: Imposing Order on Complexity in Software Design

<ul> <li> <h4>Table of contents:</h4> </li> <li> <h4><a>Front Matter</a>i-xiv <a></a></h4> </li> <li> <h4><a>Prelude: Emily Shops at VirtualEmporia.com</a>1-8 <a></a></h4> </li> <li> <h4><a>Part One: The Essential Character of Computer Science1 The Essential Character of Computer Science</a>9-24 <a></a></h4> </li> <li> <h4><a>Part Two: Selected Perspectives on Computer Science 2 Exponential Growth, Computability, and Complexity</a>25-56 <a></a></h4> </li> <li> <h4><a>3 Simulation</a>57-64 <a></a></h4> </li> <li> <h4><a>4 Abstraction, Representation, and Notations</a>65-78 <a></a></h4> </li> <li> <h4><a>5 Data, Representation, and Information</a>79-100 <a></a></h4> </li> <li> <h4><a>6 Achieving Intelligence</a>101-126 <a></a></h4> </li> <li> <h4><a>7 Building Computing Systems of Practical Scale</a>127-158 </h4> </li> </ul>