(Ebook) Introduction to Programming in Java. An Interdisciplinary Approach by Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne ISBN 9780672337840, 0672337843

(Ebook) Introduction to Programming in Java. An Interdisciplinary Approach by Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne ISBN 9780672337840, 0672337843

The basis for education in the last millennium was "reading, writing, and arithmetic";now it is reading, writing, and computing. Learning to program is anessential part of the education of every student in the sciences and engineering.Beyond direct applications, it is the first step in understanding the nature of computerscience’s undeniable impact on the modern world. This book aims to teachprogramming to those who need or want to learn it, in a scientific context.Our primary goal is to empower students by supplying the experience andbasic tools necessary to use computation effectively. Our approach is to teach studentsthat composing a program is a natural, satisfying, and creative experience.We progressively introduce essential concepts, embrace classic applications fromapplied mathematics and the sciences to illustrate the concepts, and provide opportunitiesfor students to write programs to solve engaging problems.We use the Java programming language for all of the programs in this book—we refer to "Java" after programming in the title to emphasize the idea that thebook is about fundamental concepts in programming, not Java per se. This bookteaches basic skills for computational problem solving that are applicable in manymodern computing environments, and is a self-contained treatment intended forpeople with no previous experience in programming.This book is an interdisciplinary approach to the traditional CS1 curriculum,in that we highlight the role of computing in other disciplines, from materials scienceto genomics to astrophysics to network systems. This approach emphasizesfor students the essential idea that mathematics, science, engineering, and computingare intertwined in the modern world. While it is a CS1 textbook designedfor any first-year college student, the book also can be used for self-study or as asupplement in a course that integrates programming with another field.