Computer Sciences: Macmillan Science Library, 4 Volume set

by Gale Cengage Learning

Computer Sciences is part of the well-respected Macmillan Science Library franchise. This full color four volume set is organized in 4 separate thematic volumes covering the following Foundations, Ideas and This volume covers the innovators and history of Computer Science in both theoretical developments and practical application of the discipline. Software and This volume covers topics from system analysis and design to operating systems and parallel processing. Social From fashion design to meteorology, this volume covers how the use of computers impacts our everyday lives. Electronic This volume delves into the Internet and the interconnected, networked society. Also discussed in this volume are artificial intelligence, encryption, and mobile computing.

4 pages, Hardcover

First published June 15, 2013

About the author

Gale is an educational publishing company based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, the United States, in the western suburbs of Detroit. It was part of the Thomson Learning division of the Thomson Corporation, a Canadian company, but became part of Cengage Learning in 2007.

The company, formerly known as Gale Research and the Gale Group, is active in research and educational publishing for public and academic libraries, schools and businesses. The company may be best known for its full-text magazine and newspaper database, InfoTrac, and other online databases accessible from schools and libraries, as well as multi-volume reference works, especially in the areas of religion, history and social science.

Founded in Detroit in 1954 by Frederick Gale Ruffner, it was acquired by Thomson in 1985.