CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE Coders Wanted 4 CHAPTER TWO No Strangers to Computer Science 10 CHAPTER THREE Today’s Top Innovators 18 CHAPTER FOUR Building a Better World 26 CHAPTER FIVE Women and the Future of Computer Science 34 Getting Involved 42 Stop and Think 44 Glossary 46 Learn More 47 Index 48 About the Author 48
CHAPTER ONE CODERS WANTED many people have some type of computer today Some have a desktop or laptop Others have a tablet or smartphone filled with apps People might even have more than one of these devices Computer code and the people who write it make these amazing machines possible Code is a list of commands that a computer follows Each command tells the computer to carry Tablets put powerful computer technology into portable easy to devices use
