Computers are now in all areas of our lives; driverless cars, smart homes, artificial intelligence…

As a result, computational thinking has even entered school curricula. So, what is computational thinking and how does it happen? Written by Peter J. Denning and Matti Tedre and to be published by Tellekt, How Computers Think traces computational thinking that entered our lives centuries before computers.

Tracing a genealogy that begins centuries before the digital computer, How Computers Think, an introduction to computational thinking, has hit the shelves with Tellekt. Written by Peter Denning and Matti Tedre, the book clearly reveals the power of computational thinking (CT) in all its complexity and magnitude.

In the book, the authors identify six dimensions of today’s highly sophisticated BID – methods, machines, computer education, software engineering, computational science and design – and discuss each in a chapter. At the same time debunking exaggerated claims about computation, How Computers Think is an essential guide for readers seeking an overview of the field.

In the book, Denning and Tedre answer questions such as “What does computational thinking, one of the foundations of artificial intelligence, mean?” and “How do computers think?” and analyze the mental abilities to design computations that will work for us, and to explain and interpret the world as a complex of information processes.