Harold Abelson

Quotes

• “Anything which uses science as part of its name isn’t: political science, creation science, computer science.”

• “In the Middle Ages people built cathedrals, where the whole town would get together and make a thing that’s greater than any individual person could do and the society would kind of revel in that.”

• “It is not that there is some magic technology. It is what are you going to do with it?”

• “What’s important is not just to develop the technology; it’s to develop the processes.”

Books by Harold Abelson in order

Books by Harold Abelson in the order they were published, from Calculus of Elementary Functions (1970) to Computational Thinking Curricula in K-12 (2024).

1. 1Calculus of Elementary FunctionsCalculus of Elementary Functions1970
2. 2Turtle GeometryTurtle Geometry1980
3. 3LOGO for the Apple IILOGO for the Apple II1982
4. 4TI LogoTI Logo1983
5. 5Structure and Interpretation of Computer ProgramsStructure and Interpretation of Computer Programs1985
6. 6Blown to BitsBlown to Bits2008
7. 7Computational Thinking Curricula in K-12Computational Thinking Curricula in K-122024

Lists with books by Harold Abelson

• Books like Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs