it manages to be about Computer Science without actually ever directly referring to the subject or even to computers at all.
No, it manages to be a loosely connected chain of tired math/logic puzzles behind a transparent "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" facade.
The target audience of the book is probably children from around the age of 8 and up with the intention being to spark an interest in computers
Yeah, that'll go over well. Any kid willing to read this shit would already be interested in math/logic, and likely already know of many of the concepts in the book. Any kid not tickled pink by math/logic puzzles isn't going to read the book. You're not going to "spark an interest" this way.
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it manages to be about Computer Science without actually ever directly referring to the subject or even to computers at all.
No, it manages to be a loosely connected chain of tired math/logic puzzles behind a transparent "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" facade.
The target audience of the book is probably children from around the age of 8 and up with the intention being to spark an interest in computers
Yeah, that'll go over well. Any kid willing to read this shit would already be interested in math/logic, and likely already know of many of the concepts in the book. Any kid not tickled pink by math/logic puzzles isn't going to read the book. You're not going to "spark an interest" this way.
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Description sounds like it was written by TFA
Re:Nope (Score:1)
It's a new feature of Beta intended to line the owners' pockets.