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Book Review on “Out of Their Minds: The Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists”

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More often than not, a new comer to computer science research such as an undergraduate or graduate student would naturally ask for introductory reading on the culture and philosophy in computer science. The book “Out of Their Minds: The Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists” is a nice book for them.

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  1. Simon Fraser University, Canada

    Jian Pei

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Book authored by Dennis Shasha and Cathy Lazere, Copernicus Imprint, Copyright 1998, 291 Pages, ISBN 0-387-98269-9.

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Pei, J. Book Review on “Out of Their Minds: The Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists”. J Comput Sci Technol 20, 144–145 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11390-005-0017-1

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