Does ai count as CS? If so, I'd like to nominate the Deep Learning Book
I nominate it with a link http://www.deeplearningbook.org/
Ask HN: What's the best computer science book you've read recently?
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#12"Structure and interpretation of computer programs"
Definitely recommended.
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#13A New Science - Wolfram Maybe stretching outside the typical, but I have a weakness for cellular automata. Also, I've vowed never to buy another Oriely book or similar book ever. Online docs are free and stay up to date.
The book is basically a scam and panned. He talks about automata like it was new and he invented it. I strongly suggest you read the Amazon reviews.
On the plus side it is full of pretty pictures, has a massive number of pages which can be used to press leaves or flowers, heat in the winter and a door stop in the summer to encourage airflow. There really isn't a bad quality about this book. Oh, and super cheap on the used market.
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#14The Master Algorithm by Pedro Domingos
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#15A New Science - Wolfram Maybe stretching outside the typical, but I have a weakness for cellular automata. Also, I've vowed never to buy another Oriely book or similar book ever. Online docs are free and stay up to date.
The book is basically a scam and panned. He talks about automata like it was new and he invented it. I strongly suggest you read the Amazon reviews.
I can form my own opinion thanks.
At least he doesn't have his head up his ass the may Mandelbrot did.
And on top of it all he generated a great deal of original work.
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#16I still haven't read anything better than Code by Charles Petzold [1] and it's not even close.
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Code-Language-Computer-Hardware-Softw...
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
The book is basically a scam and panned. He talks about automata like it was new and he invented it. I strongly suggest you read the Amazon reviews.
On the plus side it is full of pretty pictures, has a massive number of pages which can be used to press leaves or flowers, heat in the winter and a door stop in the summer to encourage airflow. There really isn't a bad quality about this book. Oh, and super cheap on the used market.
Haha! :) Touché!
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#19Engineering a Compiler 2nd Ed by Cooper & Torczon
I used it to supplement my prescribed compiler construction textbook and it's incredibly useful! Also surprisingly easy to read compared to some texts with a very math-heavy approach.
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#20The Algorithm Design Manual by Skiena.
Each section contains a story of some situation he was in where he faced a problem which he solved by applying one of various algo techniques (DP, divide and conquer, etc.). After reading CLRS for a class, it was nice to see how some of the most common textbook algorithms have been applied by a notable computer scientist.