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The science in computer science

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Computer science is in a period of renaissance as it rediscovers its science roots.

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          cover image Communications of the ACM
          Communications of the ACM  Volume 56, Issue 5
          May 2013
          90 pages
          ISSN:0001-0782
          EISSN:1557-7317
          DOI:10.1145/2447976
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