David Kopec - Classic Computer Science Problems in Swift: Essential Techniques for Practicing Programmers

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D AVID K OPEC is an assistant professor of Computer Science & Innovation at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont. He is an experienced iOS developer and the author of Dart for Absolute Beginners (Apress, 2014). David holds a bachelors degree in economics and a masters in computer science, both from Dartmouth College.

The figure on the cover of Classic Computer Science Problems in Swift is captioned Habit of a Lady of Indostan. (Indostan was an alternate European form of Hindustan, meaning the Indian subcontinent.) The illustration is taken from Thomas Jefferys A Collection of the Dresses of Different Nations, Ancient and Modern, published in London between 1757 and 1772. The title page states that these are hand-colored copperplate engravings, heightened with gum arabic. Thomas Jefferys (17191771) was called Geographer to King George III. He was an English cartographer who was the leading map supplier of his day. He engraved and printed maps for government and other official bodies and produced a wide range of commercial maps and atlases, especially of North America. His work as a mapmaker sparked an interest in local dress customs of the lands he surveyed and mapped; they are brilliantly displayed in this four-volume collection.