Computer Science - The Cornerstones of Computing Series

About the Series

The Cornerstones of Computing series is dedicated to providing readers with rigorous and challenging texts that cover the breadth of computing science. The books published in this auspicious series are written by leading experts, reviewed by their peers, and offer a quality of text unsurpassed in today’s market.

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Professor Richard Bird is Director of the Computing Laboratory and head of the Programming Research Group at Oxford University. He is also the author of several successful books, including the best-selling "Introduction to Functional Programming"

Professor Tony Hoare was formerly at Oxford and is now working at the Microsoft European Research HQ in Cambridge. He is the author of several textbooks, including "Communicating Sequential Processes"

In starting the Cornerstones of Computing series it is our hope to emphasise and develop the scientific, intellectual, cultural and philosophical aspects of computing. Our books will both stimulate and satisfy the curiosity of their readers, among whom we will welcome students, teachers, researchers and practitioners in all branches of study. It will be our privilege to bring together the best of authors and the best of readers.