Provides a solid integration of basic computing concepts with Pascal programming to foster the use of programming as a problem-solving tool. Topics run the gamut from algorithms and artificial intelligence to computer interfacing and operating systems. Every chapter begins with an intriguing photograph and an activity posing a problem to be solved.

Paul Nagin is the President of Chimborazo, LLC, a professor of Computer Science and department chair at Hofstra University. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts. John Impagliazzo is the author of Computer Science: A Breadth-First Approach with Pascal, published by Wiley.