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Chapter 0: Ancient Greek Math and the Foundations of Computational Thinking
Chapter 1: Hunting for Hidden Messages in Bacterial Genomes Using String Algorithms
Chapter 2: Forecasting a Presidential Election with Monte Carlo Simulation
Chapter 3: Discovering a Self-Replicating Automaton with Top-Down Programming
Chapter 4: Building a Gravity Simulator with Object-Oriented Programming
Chapter 5: Evolutionary Trees and More Object-Oriented Programming

Chapter 4: Building a Gravity Simulator with Object-Oriented Programming

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Introduction: Empty Space and Unstable Suns
An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming and Abstraction
Planning a Gravity Simulator Top-Down
A Primer on Newtonian Dynamics
Finishing Our Gravity Simulator and “Solving” the Three Body Problem

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Chapter 0: Ancient Greek Math and the Foundations of Computational Thinking
Chapter 1: Hunting for Hidden Messages in Bacterial Genomes Using String Algorithms
Chapter 2: Forecasting a Presidential Election with Monte Carlo Simulation
Chapter 3: Discovering a Self-Replicating Automaton with Top-Down Programming

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