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Is the thrill gone?

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Sanjeev Arora,

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Communications of the ACM, Volume 48, Issue 8

Pages 31 - 33

https://doi.org/10.1145/1076211.1076233

Published: 01 August 2005 Publication History

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Computer science is nothing less than a new way of thinking; explaining it to the wider world is critical to the future of the field.

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Is the thrill gone?
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
        Information science education

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