Lecture notes

Quotes on Computer Science

"Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes, biology is about microscopes, or chemistry is about beakers and test tubes. Science is not about tools. It is about how we use them, and what we find out when we do."
G. Michael Schneider & Judith L. Gersting in "An Invitation to Computer Science", West Publishing Company, 1995, p. 2

Although it is true that programmers do (mostly) programming, computer scientists deal with computing, using programming as a tool with which to explore and develop ideas.
John Impagliazzo & Paul Nagin in "Computer Science - A Breadth-First Approach with C", John Wiley & Sons, 1995, p. vii

Learning to use a software package is no more a part of computer science then driver education is a branch of automotive engineering. A wide range of people use computer software, but it is the computer scientist who is responsible for specifying, designing, building, and testing software packages and the computer systems on which they run.
G. Michael Schneider & Judith L. Gersting in "An Invitation to Computer Science", West Publishing Company, 1995, p. 3