--- product_id: 313462535 title: "Computational Thinking" price: "₨832" currency: MUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 5 url: https://mauritius.desertcart.com/products/313462535-computational-thinking store_origin: MU region: Mauritius --- # Bridges science & computation Essential knowledge distilled 6 core dimensions explored Computational Thinking **Price:** ₨832 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > ⚡ Think like a pioneer, lead like a visionary. ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Computational Thinking - **How much does it cost?** ₨832 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [mauritius.desertcart.com](https://mauritius.desertcart.com/products/313462535-computational-thinking) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Accessible yet authoritative:** MIT Press quality ensures complex ideas are distilled into clear, actionable insights for professionals. - • **Learn from the pioneers of computation:** Trace the rich history of computational thinking centuries before digital computers existed. - • **Master the mindset behind modern innovation:** Unlock the mental framework that powers breakthroughs across physics, biology, sociology, and beyond. - • **Join a growing community of forward-thinkers:** Stay ahead in the digital era by adopting a thinking style now part of K–12 and professional curricula alike. - • **Explore 6 foundational dimensions of computational thinking:** From methods to design, gain a comprehensive understanding of CT’s multifaceted impact. ## Overview Computational Thinking by MIT Press offers a concise, expert-led exploration of the mental skills and historical evolution behind computational approaches that now underpin diverse scientific fields. This book breaks down six key dimensions of computational thinking, making it an essential resource for professionals eager to integrate cutting-edge cognitive frameworks into their work. ## Description An introduction to computational thinking that traces a genealogy beginning centuries before the digital computer. A few decades into the digital era, scientists discovered that thinking in terms of computation made possible an entirely new way of organizing scientific investigation; eventually, every field had a computational branch: computational physics, computational biology, computational sociology. More recently, “computational thinking” has become part of the K–12 curriculum. But what is computational thinking? This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series offers an accessible overview, tracing a genealogy that begins centuries before digital computers and portraying computational thinking as pioneers of computing have described it. The authors explain that computational thinking (CT) is not a set of concepts for programming; it is a way of thinking that is honed through practice: the mental skills for designing computations to do jobs for us, and for explaining and interpreting the world as a complex of information processes. Mathematically trained experts (known as “computers”) who performed complex calculations as teams engaged in CT long before electronic computers. The authors identify six dimensions of today's highly developed CT―methods, machines, computing education, software engineering, computational science, and design―and cover each in a chapter. Along the way, they debunk inflated claims for CT and computation while making clear the power of CT in all its complexity and multiplicity. 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Review: Great book - Great book! ## Features - Item Trademark: MIT PRESS - manufacturer: MIT Press - Item Weight: pounds, pounds, 0.5, 0.5 ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #364,420 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #199 in Mathematics Reference #2,642 in Computer Science #2,756 in Computer Programming | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 118 Reviews | ## Images ![Computational Thinking - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61FUeoYw1YL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Entiende el "Pensamiento Computacional" de una vez por todas!! *by N***0 on 26 September 2019* Pienso que habla sobre un tema muy amplio y complejo, pero lo resume en palabras simples para hacerlo entendible a casi cualquier persona que lo lea. Parece que MIT Press asegura siempre muy buena calidad en estos temas. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book *by M***. on 8 August 2026* Great book! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Um overview sobre Computational Thinking *by O***É on 21 March 2023* O livro aborda o tema de forma concisa e compacta, rastreando as motivações, fundamentos e limites do Pensamento Computacional/ Computational Thinking(CT). Mostra, sem muitos detalhes, as influências Matematicas, de Design e Engenharia em Computação. Sugiro a leitura para todo aluno de Ciência da Computação. Algo que me chamou bastante atenção é a distinção que os autores fazem entre CT For Beginners e CT for Professionals. 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