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Lauren Ipsum: A Story About Computer Science and Other Improbable Things
by Carlos Bueno
ISBN: 1593275749
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calcsam
· 2017-02-18 ·
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Carlos Bueno, an early engineer at Facebook, wrote this book "Lauren Ipsum" which talks about classic computer science problems (ie traveling salesman or halting problem) in a children's story format:
https://www.amazon.com/Lauren-Ipsum-Computer-Science-Improba...
https://www.amazon.com/Lauren-Ipsum-Computer-Science-Improba...