Ask HN: What's the best textbook you've read? ↗
The books people recommended
2018-01-05 · 135 points · 69 comments · 39 books named by at least one person here and at least 3 people overall. The number on the left is how many people named it in this thread.
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- 4The Elements of Computing Systems
- 4
- 4Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach
Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig
4 here · 29 all-time · #195 overall
- 3
- 3Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
- 3Introduction to Electrodynamics
- 2
- 2
- 2Biology
- 2Numerical Linear Algebra
- 1
- 1
Introduction to Algorithms
Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, Clifford Stein
1 here · 71 all-time · #47 overall
- 1
- 1
- 1
- 1Economics
- 1Visual Complex Analysis
- 1Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming
- 1The Denial of Death
- 1Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction
Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction
Richard S. Sutton and Andrew G. Barto
1 here · 13 all-time · #505 overall
- 1Computer Networks
- 1Quantum Mechanics
- 1Organic Chemistry
- 1Engineering Mathematics
- 1Modern Operating Systems
- 1Advanced Engineering Mathematics
- 1Lisp in Small Pieces
- 1Programming Perl
- 1On Lisp
- 1Mathematics and Its History
- 1Coding the Matrix: Linear Algebra with Python and Software Design
Coding the Matrix: Linear Algebra with Python and Software Design
Philip N. Klein
1 here · 6 all-time · #1225 overall
- 1Introduction to Probability
- 1Mathematical Methods for Physical Sciences
- 1Game Engine Architecture
- 1Combinatorics: Topics, Techniques, Algorithms
- 1Type-driven development with Idris
- 1Developmental Biology
- 1Nature of Code