Is Computer Science Science?

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Readings

• Is Computer Science Science?

Reading questions

1. Describe in your own words how computer science is different from other scientific fields and how it is similar – provide two dissimilarities and two similarities.
   
2. Given the (dis)similarities, what are the implications for empirical research in computer science?