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Chapter 0: Ancient Greek Math and the Foundations of Computational Thinking
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Introduction: Two 2,300 Year Old Problems
Algorithms and Greatest Common Divisors
A Painless Intro to Pseudocode and Control Flow
Loops and the Trivial GCD Algorithm
Euclid’s Insight Leads to the World’s First Nontrivial Algorithm
Eratosthenes, Primes, and the World’s Second Nontrivial Algorithm
Chapter 1: Hunting for Hidden Messages in Bacterial Genomes
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Introduction: The Most Beautiful Experiment in Biology
Two Problems Related to Bacterial Replication
Hidden Messages in the Replication Origin
An Explosion of Hidden Messages
A Surprising Insight Leads Us to the Replication Origin
Some Hidden Messages are More Elusive than Others
Chapter 2: Forecasting a Presidential Election
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Introduction: Polls and the 2016 US Presidential Election
Computing the House Edge of Craps Using Monte Carlo Simulation
Pitfalls of (Pseudo)Random Number Generation
Rolling Dice and Completing our Craps Simulator
Simulating a Presidential Election
Epilogue: A Reflection on the Nature of Election Forecasting
Chapter 3: Discovering a Self-Replicating Automaton
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Introduction: Self-Replicating Machines and the Fermi Paradox
The Game of Life
A Reintroduction to Top-Down Programming
Implementing the Game of Life with Top-Down Programming
Building a Self-Replicating Cellular Automaton
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Chapter 0: Integer Fun and Unsolved Math Questions
Chapter 1: Quantifying Microbial Diversity
Chapter 2: PRNGs and Monte Carlo Simulation
Chapter 3: Turing Patterns
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Chapter 0: Ancient Greek Math and the Foundations of Computational Thinking
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Introduction: Two 2,300 Year Old Problems
Algorithms and Greatest Common Divisors
A Painless Intro to Pseudocode and Control Flow
Loops and the Trivial GCD Algorithm
Euclid’s Insight Leads to the World’s First Nontrivial Algorithm
Eratosthenes, Primes, and the World’s Second Nontrivial Algorithm
Chapter 1: Hunting for Hidden Messages in Bacterial Genomes
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Introduction: The Most Beautiful Experiment in Biology
Two Problems Related to Bacterial Replication
Hidden Messages in the Replication Origin
An Explosion of Hidden Messages
A Surprising Insight Leads Us to the Replication Origin
Some Hidden Messages are More Elusive than Others
Chapter 2: Forecasting a Presidential Election
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Introduction: Polls and the 2016 US Presidential Election
Computing the House Edge of Craps Using Monte Carlo Simulation
Pitfalls of (Pseudo)Random Number Generation
Rolling Dice and Completing our Craps Simulator
Simulating a Presidential Election
Epilogue: A Reflection on the Nature of Election Forecasting
Chapter 3: Discovering a Self-Replicating Automaton
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Introduction: Self-Replicating Machines and the Fermi Paradox
The Game of Life
A Reintroduction to Top-Down Programming
Implementing the Game of Life with Top-Down Programming
Building a Self-Replicating Cellular Automaton
Even more soon!
Code
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Chapter 0
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Python Code Alongs
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 0: Integer Fun and Unsolved Math Questions
Chapter 1: Quantifying Microbial Diversity
Chapter 2: PRNGs and Monte Carlo Simulation
Chapter 3: Turing Patterns
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