How to Think Like a Computer Scientist
by Allen Downey, Jeff Elkner and Chris Meyers.
This is an older version of the book now known as Think Python. You might prefer to read a more recent version.
This book is available for sale at Lulu.com.
A low cost edition of this book is available for the Indian market.
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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The book is available in a variety of electronic formats:
- Precompiled copies of the book are available in PDF and Postscript . Users are free to download and print these files.
- The LaTeX source code for the book is available as a gzipped tar file.
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Translations
Here are some translations of the book into other (natural) languages:
- Spanish translation by Gregorio Inda.
- Pensare da informatico: Imparare con Python, an Italian translation by Alessandro Pocaterra.
- German translation by Gregor Lingl and Mike Müller.
- Czech translation by Jaroslav Kubias.
- Apprendre a Programmer avec Python, by Gerard 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….