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  It began with Babbage: the genesis of computer science
Dasgupta S., Oxford University Press, Inc., New York, NY, 2014. 344 pp.  Type: Book (978-0-199309-41-2)

More than just a survey of the main developments that led to the discipline of computer science (CS), this book embeds the historical milestones in an intellectual context. In the prologue, CS (of the “ought”) is co...
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Apr 15 2014  
  Design theory and computer science
Dasgupta S., Cambridge University Press, New York, NY, 1991.  Type: Book (9780521390217)

Design is something that many computer scientists are willing to know about, but they do not want to go into technical details. Here is a good critical survey of various approaches, which will teach computer scientists what design is, ...
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Jul 1 1992  
  A Hierarchical Taxonomic System for Computer Architectures
Dasgupta S. Computer 23(3): 64-74, 1990.  Type: Article

If you like formalisms using many notions to classify architectures according to a few taxonomic characters (like the number of processors and switches) you will like this taxonomy, which is inspired by chemical notation and claims fai...
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Jul 1 1991  
  The design and description of computer architectures
Dasgupta S., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY, 1984.  Type: Book (9789780471896166)

This book is a very well-executed attempt to establish computer architecture as a holistic discipline rather than an arcane craft. The author wisely leaves the craftsman’s narrow vision of computer architecture (as those aspe...
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May 1 1985  

   
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