A service course in computing science presented from a historical point of view
K. W. Smillie · ACM SIGCSE Bulletin · 1981
A description is given of an introductory service course in computing science intended for students in the liberal arts and humanities in which the subject is presented from a historical point of view beginning with the civilizations of ancient Egypt and Babylon and continuing until the most recent developments in programming languages and microcomputers and their applications.