Computer Science preparation books
This page contains books that might be useful or interesting to A-level students thinking about studying or with an interest in Computer Science. These books are not about coding as such, but do help understand some of the important fundamentals about how computers and code work.
All the books below link to Amazon, so please use those links if this page has been useful to you!
New Turing Omnibus
A. K. Dewdney
The New Turing Omnibus
66 chapters providing an accessible introduction to fundamental ideas of computer science.
Algorithmic Puzzles
Around 100 interesting puzzles with hints, discussion and solutions.
Algorithmic Puzzles
Anany Levitin
Algorithms Unlocked
Thomas H Cormen
Algorithms Unlocked
A book about algorithms – how to describe and evaluate them.
This is one of my shorter lists, and I would love it to be longer. If you know a good book for a student heading towards computer science, do let me know and I will take a look.
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