• 1. A short story about the development of computer science or why computer science is not a computer driving licence -- 2. Algorithmics, or what have programming and baking in common? -- 3. Infinity is not equal to infinity, or why infinity is infinitely important in computer science -- 4. Limits of computability or why do there exist tasks that cannot be solved automatically by computers -- 5. Complexity theory or what to do when the energy of the universe doesn't suffice for performing a computation? -- 6. Randomness in nature and as a source of efficiency in algorithmics -- 7. Cryptography, or how to transform drawbacks into advantages -- 8. Computing with DNA molecules, or biological computer technology on the horizon -- 9. Quantum computers, or computing in the wonderland of particles -- 10. How to make good decisions for an unknown future or how to foil an adversary.

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