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Computer Science Book Summaries

How Linux Works
by Brian Ward • 2004
Linux hides nothing. Its internals are legible, learnable, and waiting for you to take control.
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How Linux Works Summary
How Linux Works
Linux hides nothing. Its internals are legible, learnable, and waiting for you to take control.
by Brian Ward 2004 368 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
Technology
Computer Science
Programming
Neuro Web Design
by Susan M. Weinschenk • 2008
The conscious mind is your site's last reader. Design for the ones that decide first.
3.85
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Design
Psychology
Business
Neuro Web Design Summary
Neuro Web Design
The conscious mind is your site's last reader. Design for the ones that decide first.
by Susan M. Weinschenk 2008 168 pages
3.85
500+ ratings
Design
Psychology
Business
Digital Transformation
by Thomas M. Siebel • 2019
Corporate lifespans dropped from 60 years to 20. Four technologies determine who goes extinct.
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Leadership
Digital Transformation Summary
Digital Transformation
Corporate lifespans dropped from 60 years to 20. Four technologies determine who goes extinct.
by Thomas M. Siebel 2019 253 pages
3.87
500+ ratings
Business
Technology
Leadership
Artificial Intelligence For Dummies (For Dummies
by John Paul Mueller • 2018
AI is math, not magic. A plain-English guide to what machine learning can and cannot do.
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242
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Computer Science
Science
Artificial Intelligence For Dummies (For Dummies Summary
Artificial Intelligence For Dummies (For Dummies
AI is math, not magic. A plain-English guide to what machine learning can and cannot do.
by John Paul Mueller 2018 368 pages
3.41
242 ratings
Technology
Computer Science
Science
The Road to React
by Robin Wieruch • 2017
Learn React the way it's actually written: hooks-first, project-driven, and tested from day one.
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Technology
Computer Science
Programming
The Road to React Summary
The Road to React
Learn React the way it's actually written: hooks-first, project-driven, and tested from day one.
by Robin Wieruch 2017 286 pages
4.21
500+ ratings
Technology
Computer Science
Programming
Impromptu
by Reid Hoffman • 2023
AI won't replace you. But someone using it will. The solo thinker era is ending.
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Science
Business
Impromptu Summary
Impromptu
AI won't replace you. But someone using it will. The solo thinker era is ending.
by Reid Hoffman 2023 248 pages
3.77
500+ ratings
Technology
Science
Business
Mobile First
by Luke Wroblewski • 2011
Eighty percent less screen space forces decisions that make your product better on every device.
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Business
Mobile First Summary
Mobile First
Eighty percent less screen space forces decisions that make your product better on every device.
by Luke Wroblewski 2011 130 pages
3.90
2k+ ratings
Design
Technology
Business
The Codebreakers
by David Kahn • 1967
The hidden art that read the minds of kings, generals, and spies across four millennia.
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Science
Technology
The Codebreakers Summary
The Codebreakers
The hidden art that read the minds of kings, generals, and spies across four millennia.
by David Kahn 1967 1200 pages
4.18
1k+ ratings
History
Science
Technology
Practical Statistics for Data Scientists
by Peter Bruce • 2020
The statistics data scientists actually use, from EDA to ensembles, with working R and Python code.
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261
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Mathematics
Technology
Practical Statistics for Data Scientists Summary
Practical Statistics for Data Scientists
The statistics data scientists actually use, from EDA to ensembles, with working R and Python code.
by Peter Bruce 2020 360 pages
4.21
261 ratings
Programming
Mathematics
Technology
Software Requirements
by Karl Wiegers • 1999
Nearly half of all software defects trace back to bad requirements. The fix starts here.
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Programming
Software Requirements Summary
Software Requirements
Nearly half of all software defects trace back to bad requirements. The fix starts here.
by Karl Wiegers 1999 516 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
Technology
Computer Science
Programming
Time Management for System Administrators
by Thomas A. Limoncelli • 2005
Your brain is not a ticketing system. Capture everything, script the rest, and leave at five.
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Self Help
Time Management for System Administrators Summary
Time Management for System Administrators
Your brain is not a ticketing system. Capture everything, script the rest, and leave at five.
by Thomas A. Limoncelli 2005 226 pages
4.21
1k+ ratings
Technology
Business
Self Help
Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager
by James Stanier • 2020
Your code stops being the product. A field manual for the engineer stepping into management.
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Business
Management
Leadership
Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager Summary
Become an Effective Software Engineering Manager
Your code stops being the product. A field manual for the engineer stepping into management.
by James Stanier 2020 374 pages
4.35
500+ ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
Dark Territory
by Fred Kaplan • 2016
Reagan asked if 'WarGames' was real. The answer launched a covert digital war still raging today.
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Technology
War
Dark Territory Summary
Dark Territory
Reagan asked if 'WarGames' was real. The answer launched a covert digital war still raging today.
by Fred Kaplan 2016 339 pages
3.90
3k+ ratings
History
Technology
War
Essential Scrum
by Kenneth S. Rubin • 2012
A structured launch, the smallest thing worth shipping, and a release plan that actually holds.
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Business
Technology
Programming
Essential Scrum Summary
Essential Scrum
A structured launch, the smallest thing worth shipping, and a release plan that actually holds.
by Kenneth S. Rubin 2012 496 pages
4.15
1k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Programming
Soft Skills
by John Sonmez • 2014
The developer's playbook for the non-coding half of the career: brand, negotiate, invest.
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2k+
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Soft Skills Summary
Soft Skills
The developer's playbook for the non-coding half of the career: brand, negotiate, invest.
by John Sonmez 2014 470 pages
3.84
2k+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
API Design Patterns
by J.J. Geewax • 2020
Most APIs get 90% of the way with standard methods. The patterns that handle the rest.
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146
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
API Design Patterns Summary
API Design Patterns
Most APIs get 90% of the way with standard methods. The patterns that handle the rest.
by J.J. Geewax 2020 480 pages
3.86
146 ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
The Google Story
by David A. Vise • 2005
How two Stanford dropouts, one algorithm, and an ethical pledge built a $100 billion empire.
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Technology
History
The Google Story Summary
The Google Story
How two Stanford dropouts, one algorithm, and an ethical pledge built a $100 billion empire.
by David A. Vise 2005 336 pages
3.88
16k+ ratings
Business
Technology
History
The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide
by John Sonmez • 2017
One language, one portfolio, one interview strategy: the sequence that turns learners into hires.
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1k+
Programming
Self Help
Computer Science
The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide Summary
The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide
One language, one portfolio, one interview strategy: the sequence that turns learners into hires.
by John Sonmez 2017 796 pages
4.02
1k+ ratings
Programming
Self Help
Computer Science
Six Degrees
by Duncan J. Watts • 2003
The hidden math that connects everyone: why short chains dominate epidemics, fads, and power grids.
3.90
1k+
Science
Sociology
Physics
Six Degrees Summary
Six Degrees
The hidden math that connects everyone: why short chains dominate epidemics, fads, and power grids.
by Duncan J. Watts 2003 384 pages
3.90
1k+ ratings
Science
Sociology
Physics
Grown Up Digital
by Don Tapscott • 2008
Eight traits of the internet generation are quietly remaking school, work, and government.
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1k+
Sociology
Technology
Education
Grown Up Digital Summary
Grown Up Digital
Eight traits of the internet generation are quietly remaking school, work, and government.
by Don Tapscott 2008 384 pages
3.80
1k+ ratings
Sociology
Technology
Education
Learning Android
by Marko Gargenta • 2011
Android apps are built from four core components and a threading rule preventing sluggish UIs.
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Technology
Reference
Learning Android Summary
Learning Android
Android apps are built from four core components and a threading rule preventing sluggish UIs.
by Marko Gargenta 2011 284 pages
3.68
213 ratings
Computer Science
Technology
Reference
The Future of the Mind
by Michio Kaku • 2014
Thoughts decoded. Memories rewritten. Consciousness uploaded. The brain is becoming hackable.
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15k+
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Psychology
Physics
The Future of the Mind Summary
The Future of the Mind
Thoughts decoded. Memories rewritten. Consciousness uploaded. The brain is becoming hackable.
by Michio Kaku 2014 377 pages
4.08
15k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Physics
The Nature of Code
by Daniel Shiffman • 2012
Code that breathes: how to build simulations that move, think, and evolve on your screen.
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Computer Science
Design
The Nature of Code Summary
The Nature of Code
Code that breathes: how to build simulations that move, think, and evolve on your screen.
by Daniel Shiffman 2012 520 pages
4.57
500+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Design
The Metaverse
by Matthew Ball • 2022
A trillion-dollar 3D internet is forming on technical foundations that barely exist.
3.79
2k+
Technology
Business
Science
The Metaverse Summary
The Metaverse
A trillion-dollar 3D internet is forming on technical foundations that barely exist.
by Matthew Ball 2022 352 pages
3.79
2k+ ratings
Technology
Business
Science
Game Changer
by Matthew Sadler • 2019
From scratch, AlphaZero taught itself chess in nine hours and played like a Romantic-era genius.
4.21
289
Games
Computer Science
Technology
Game Changer Summary
Game Changer
From scratch, AlphaZero taught itself chess in nine hours and played like a Romantic-era genius.
by Matthew Sadler 2019 416 pages
4.21
289 ratings
Games
Computer Science
Technology
Effective Typescript
by Dan Vanderkam • 2019
62 battle-tested recipes that turn TypeScript from a linter into a safety net.
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Technology
Computer Science
Effective Typescript Summary
Effective Typescript
62 battle-tested recipes that turn TypeScript from a linter into a safety net.
by Dan Vanderkam 2019 250 pages
4.40
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Lean AI
by Lomit Patel • 2020
AI can multiply your marketing experiments a hundredfold. The startup framework for doing it.
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36
Business
Technology
Entrepreneurship
Lean AI Summary
Lean AI
AI can multiply your marketing experiments a hundredfold. The startup framework for doing it.
by Lomit Patel 2020 234 pages
3.64
36 ratings
Business
Technology
Entrepreneurship
Frontend Architecture for Design Systems
by Micah Godbolt • 2015
Forget page-building. Build a design system with modular markup and CSS that scales.
3.33
123
Design
Architecture
Programming
Frontend Architecture for Design Systems Summary
Frontend Architecture for Design Systems
Forget page-building. Build a design system with modular markup and CSS that scales.
by Micah Godbolt 2015 198 pages
3.33
123 ratings
Design
Architecture
Programming
SQL Antipatterns, Volume 1
by Bill Karwin • 2010
The database design mistakes every developer makes, and the patterns that fix them before they ship.
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Computer Science
SQL Antipatterns, Volume 1 Summary
SQL Antipatterns, Volume 1
The database design mistakes every developer makes, and the patterns that fix them before they ship.
by Bill Karwin 2010 380 pages
4.02
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Coders at Work
by Peter Seibel • 2009
Fifteen master programmers on how they think, debug, and design: the craft in their own words.
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Technology
Coders at Work Summary
Coders at Work
Fifteen master programmers on how they think, debug, and design: the craft in their own words.
by Peter Seibel 2009 634 pages
3.95
5k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
The Inmates Are Running the Asylum
by Alan Cooper • 1999
Software frustrates because programmers design it, optimizing for the machine, not the mind.
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Design
Technology
Business
The Inmates Are Running the Asylum Summary
The Inmates Are Running the Asylum
Software frustrates because programmers design it, optimizing for the machine, not the mind.
by Alan Cooper 1999 255 pages
3.94
2k+ ratings
Design
Technology
Business
Love Triangle
by Matt Parker • 2024
Triangles build skyscrapers, animate movies, and decode sound: the shape that runs the world.
3.93
1k+
Mathematics
Science
Humor
Love Triangle Summary
Love Triangle
Triangles build skyscrapers, animate movies, and decode sound: the shape that runs the world.
by Matt Parker 2024 352 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Mathematics
Science
Humor
Effective Python
by Brett Slatkin • 2015
The Python habits that turn working code into maintainable software, from functions to concurrency.
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Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Effective Python Summary
Effective Python
The Python habits that turn working code into maintainable software, from functions to concurrency.
by Brett Slatkin 2015 227 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
A Smarter Way to Learn JavaScript. The new tech-assisted approach that requires half the effort
by Mark Myers • 2013
JavaScript learned through short chapters and immediate coding practice, designed to stick faster.
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A Smarter Way to Learn JavaScript. The new tech-assisted approach that requires half the effort Summary
A Smarter Way to Learn JavaScript. The new tech-assisted approach that requires half the effort
JavaScript learned through short chapters and immediate coding practice, designed to stick faster.
by Mark Myers 2013 254 pages
4.04
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Reference
Data Smart
by John W. Foreman • 2013
Real machine learning inside Excel: cluster customers, forecast demand, optimize decisions. No code.
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Computer Science
Data Smart Summary
Data Smart
Real machine learning inside Excel: cluster customers, forecast demand, optimize decisions. No code.
by John W. Foreman 2013 409 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Computer Science
Quantum Computing for Everyone
by Chris Bernhardt • 2019
A guide that starts with a single qubit and ends with breaking RSA encryption.
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Science
Physics
Computer Science
Quantum Computing for Everyone Summary
Quantum Computing for Everyone
A guide that starts with a single qubit and ends with breaking RSA encryption.
by Chris Bernhardt 2019 216 pages
4.06
500+ ratings
Science
Physics
Computer Science
The Machine Learning Solutions Architect Handbook
by David Ping • 2022
Most ML models never make it to production. The architecture playbook for the ones that do.
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16
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Business
The Machine Learning Solutions Architect Handbook Summary
The Machine Learning Solutions Architect Handbook
Most ML models never make it to production. The architecture playbook for the ones that do.
by David Ping 2022 442 pages
4.06
16 ratings
Technology
Computer Science
Business
Predictive Analytics
by Eric Siegel • 2013
Companies know whether you'll leave, buy, or default before you've decided. Here's how.
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Predictive Analytics Summary
Predictive Analytics
Companies know whether you'll leave, buy, or default before you've decided. Here's how.
by Eric Siegel 2013 368 pages
3.66
2k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Science
The Future of the Professions
by Richard Susskind • 2015
The professions were built on a trade: exclusive knowledge for public trust. That trade is ending.
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Economics
The Future of the Professions Summary
The Future of the Professions
The professions were built on a trade: exclusive knowledge for public trust. That trade is ending.
by Richard Susskind 2015 368 pages
3.64
1k+ ratings
Business
Technology
Economics
The ChatGPT Ninja
by Neil Dagger • 2023
AI detectors are blocking your work. The prompt methods and free tools that get past them.
4.14
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Technology
Reference
Writing
The ChatGPT Ninja Summary
The ChatGPT Ninja
AI detectors are blocking your work. The prompt methods and free tools that get past them.
by Neil Dagger 2023 114 pages
4.14
139 ratings
Technology
Reference
Writing
Architects of Intelligence
by Martin Ford • 2018
AI's builders say the real crisis isn't superintelligence but a labor market already fracturing.
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Ai
Technology
Computer Science
Architects of Intelligence Summary
Architects of Intelligence
AI's builders say the real crisis isn't superintelligence but a labor market already fracturing.
by Martin Ford 2018 554 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Ai
Technology
Computer Science
Python for Finance
by Yves Hilpisch • 2012
Python's finance stack: vectorized data, Monte Carlo methods, deploying models from Excel to web.
3.80
249
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Technology
Economics
Python for Finance Summary
Python for Finance
Python's finance stack: vectorized data, Monte Carlo methods, deploying models from Excel to web.
by Yves Hilpisch 2012 603 pages
3.80
249 ratings
Computer Science
Technology
Economics
How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk
by Douglas W. Hubbard • 2016
Cybersecurity swears its risks defy measurement. A quantitative toolkit that says otherwise.
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381
Business
Technology
Computer Science
How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk Summary
How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk
Cybersecurity swears its risks defy measurement. A quantitative toolkit that says otherwise.
by Douglas W. Hubbard 2016 342 pages
4.06
381 ratings
Business
Technology
Computer Science
The Algorithm
by Hilke Schellmann • 2024
Why you should fear the algorithms that hire and fire: they're biased, unscientific, and watching.
3.84
429
Technology
Business
Ai
The Algorithm Summary
The Algorithm
Why you should fear the algorithms that hire and fire: they're biased, unscientific, and watching.
by Hilke Schellmann 2024 312 pages
3.84
429 ratings
Technology
Business
Ai
Cybersecurity Leadership Demystified
by Erdal Özkaya • 2022
The executive blueprint that turns security experts into boardroom-ready CISOs.
4.50
6
Business
Technology
Leadership
Cybersecurity Leadership Demystified Summary
Cybersecurity Leadership Demystified
The executive blueprint that turns security experts into boardroom-ready CISOs.
by Erdal Özkaya 2022 274 pages
4.50
6 ratings
Business
Technology
Leadership
Practical Time Series Analysis
by Aileen Nielsen • 2019
When ARIMA beats deep learning, and when it doesn't: the pipeline from cleaning to prediction.
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64
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Technology
Practical Time Series Analysis Summary
Practical Time Series Analysis
When ARIMA beats deep learning, and when it doesn't: the pipeline from cleaning to prediction.
by Aileen Nielsen 2019 497 pages
3.77
64 ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Two Scoops of Django
by Daniel Roy Greenfeld • 2013
Django gets messy fast. The project structure, query rules, and Unix principle that keep it clean.
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260
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Technology
Computer Science
Two Scoops of Django Summary
Two Scoops of Django
Django gets messy fast. The project structure, query rules, and Unix principle that keep it clean.
by Daniel Roy Greenfeld 2013 312 pages
4.22
260 ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
SPSS Survival Manual
by Julie Pallant • 2001
Your SPSS survival guide: plain-English steps from data entry to ANOVA, no stats panic required.
4.11
372
Psychology
Science
Education
SPSS Survival Manual Summary
SPSS Survival Manual
Your SPSS survival guide: plain-English steps from data entry to ANOVA, no stats panic required.
by Julie Pallant 2001 352 pages
4.11
372 ratings
Psychology
Science
Education
The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future
by Henry Kissinger • 2021
Old rules of knowledge, power, and war were built for humans. AI is rewriting them.
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Computer Science
Technology
Philosophy
The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future Summary
The Age of A.I. and Our Human Future
Old rules of knowledge, power, and war were built for humans. AI is rewriting them.
by Henry Kissinger 2021 205 pages
3.43
5k+ ratings
Computer Science
Technology
Philosophy
Tools and Weapons
by Brad Smith • 2019
Tech weaponized your data, your vote, your face. An insider's plan to take them back.
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1k+
Technology
Business
Politics
Tools and Weapons Summary
Tools and Weapons
Tech weaponized your data, your vote, your face. An insider's plan to take them back.
by Brad Smith 2019 368 pages
3.85
1k+ ratings
Technology
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