Review:"As the most important phenomenon in the universe, intelligence is capable of transcending natural limitations, and of transforming the world in its own image. In human hands, our intelligence has enabled us to overcome the restrictions of our biological heritage and to change ourselves in the process. We are the only species that does this."

Ray Kurzweil: How to Create a Mind; the Secret of Human Thought Revealed

Proposition: Anybody who reads, studies and reflects deeply on Ra... Read more

Review:This book is fundamental for the ML enthusiasts conceptual bookshelf.

Some have complained about it's lack of technical detail; mind you, it's a conceptual book and should not be read for technical know-how but more for understanding the spirit of the machine learning researcher and what the big picture is all about. Read more

Review:I fall between the polarized views of the reviewers of this textbook. This is a well-written introduction to Lisp programming and Scheme, and introduces many important concepts in Computer Science. The problem with it is that it is not a suitable book for a beginner -- I don't consider it a gentle introduction to computer science -- and for someone experienced enough to be comfortable with its ideas, it doesn't introduce many interesting ideas until Chapter 3. Unlike other people I guess,... Read more

Review:Admittedly, I haven't read the apparent king "Introduction to Algorithms".

But Skienna's approach is very digestible. I really enjoyed the writing and the concentration on explaining the concepts instead of vomiting up a wall of greek symbols. I would have loved to actually have taken a class from this guy. Read more

Review:The contest is easy to read and the author provides internet links to programs you can download for free or low cost.

The content is based on the unix system and not pc but the concdepts still apply. Read more

Review:A really great book. Obviously not for anyone with experience but for someone like me who is just starting out it explained a lot with great descriptions and ever sources to other sites for more advanced techniques that are ahead of the book since looking for other information is always a hassle since there is so much out there. The book also gives you a great project to learn how to put it all together. I watched a 6 hour video on C# and all he did was explain what things are and what they do b... Read more

Review:Author describes his view on development of games. Examples from Magic: The Gathering to projects for Disneyland.

Book is filled with interesting ideas and approaches for game development.

It is totally worth to read more than once. Don't believe to reviews - just try a sample. Read more

Review:Pretty good book. It is very complete and accurate. It explains all the details of how each feature of the language works at a sufficiently low level. But it reads more like a reference book than a book to learn the main features of python. It's a large book so it might not be worth reading it straight through, but a good book to have if you're learning python or need a reference book. Read more

Review:我是看了同事的书后才决定买一本，可以比较方便翻阅。也有kindle版，不如真书在手感觉更好！

tried to use chinese to review this book and found.that the system doesn't take it it still ask me to finish the.review ? Read more

Review:This book was easy to follow and understand. Thank you for writing this book!!! I would highly recommend to anyone who is a beginner to computer programming. I have read other confusing programming text but this book was well organized and understandable. Read more