How to Think Like a Computer Scientist

Learning with Python

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How to Think... is an introduction to programming using Python, one of the best languages for beginners.

How to Think... is a Free Book available under the GNU Free Documentation License. Readers are free to copy and distribute the text; they are also free to modify it, which allows them to adapt the book to different needs, and to help develop new material.

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Translations

• Spanish translation by Gregorio Inda.

• Pensare da informatico: Imparare con Python, an Italian translation by Alessandro Pocaterra.

• Portugese translation.

• German translation by Gregor Lingl.

• Czech translation by Jaroslav Kubias.

• Cours de programmation Python, by Gérard Swinnen. This book is partly and adaptation and translation of How to Think Like a Computer Scientist, and partly original material. This version is in violation of the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License because it does not acknowledge that it is a modified version of How to Think....

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