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Complexity Summary
Complexity
A Guided Tour
by Melanie Mitchell 2009 368 pages
4.11
3k+ ratings
Science
Mathematics
Physics
Reinventing Discovery Summary
Reinventing Discovery
The New Era of Networked Science (Princeton Science Library, 91)
by Michael Nielsen 2011 272 pages
3.94
500+ ratings
Science
Technology
History
Don't Make Me Think Summary
Don't Make Me Think
A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability, 2nd Edition
by Steve Krug 2005 201 pages
4.24
29k+ ratings
Design
Business
Programming
Software Requirements 2 Summary
Software Requirements 2
by Karl Wiegers 2003 544 pages
4.14
500+ ratings
Programming
Software
Business
REST API Design Rulebook Summary
REST API Design Rulebook
by Mark Masse 2011 112 pages
3.34
100+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
The Robert C. Martin Clean Code Collection (Collection) (Robert C. Martin Series) Summary
The Robert C. Martin Clean Code Collection (Collection) (Robert C. Martin Series)
by Robert C. Martin 2011 859 pages
4.48
500+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Software
Async JavaScript Summary
Async JavaScript
Build More Responsive Apps with Less Code (Pragmatic Express)
by Trevor Burnham 2017 98 pages
4
100+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Technical
JavaScript Enlightenment Summary
JavaScript Enlightenment
From Library User to JavaScript Developer
by Cody Lindley 2013 164 pages
3.55
100+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Technical
automate-this-how-algorithms-came-to-rule-our-world Summary
automate-this-how-algorithms-came-to-rule-our-world
by christopher-steiner 2012 256 pages
3.82
3k+ ratings
Science
Technology
Business
Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future Summary
Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future
The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers
by John MacCormick 2012 232 pages
3.88
1k+ ratings
Computer Science
Science
Technology
Functional JavaScript Summary
Functional JavaScript
Introducing Functional Programming with Underscore.js
by Michael Fogus 2013 258 pages
4.07
100+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
The Art of SQL Summary
The Art of SQL
by Stephane Faroult 2006 367 pages
3.99
100+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
High Performance JavaScript Summary
High Performance JavaScript
Build Faster Web Application Interfaces
by Nicholas C. Zakas 2010 232 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Technical
Program or Be Programmed Summary
Program or Be Programmed
Ten Commands for a Digital Age
by Douglas Rushkoff 2010 140 pages
3.71
1k+ ratings
Technology
Philosophy
Programming
High Performance Web Sites Summary
High Performance Web Sites
Essential Knowledge for Front-End Engineers
by Steve Souders 2007 168 pages
4.15
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Cybersecurity and Cyberwar Summary
Cybersecurity and Cyberwar
What Everyone Needs to Know®
by P.W. Singer 2014 320 pages
3.83
1k+ ratings
Technology
Politics
Science
High Performance Browser Networking Summary
High Performance Browser Networking
What every web developer should know about networking and web performance
by Ilya Grigorik 2013 398 pages
4.52
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Apprenticeship Patterns Summary
Apprenticeship Patterns
Guidance for the Aspiring Software Craftsman
by Dave Hoover 2009 165 pages
4.11
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Software
Mastering Bitcoin Summary
Mastering Bitcoin
Unlocking Digital Cryptocurrencies
by Andreas M. Antonopoulos 2014 298 pages
4.31
2k+ ratings
Finance
Technology
Computer Science
Functional Programming in Java Summary
Functional Programming in Java
Harnessing the Power Of Java 8 Lambda Expressions
by Venkat Subramaniam 2014 196 pages
4.16
100+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Software
An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (Silver Anniversary Edition) Summary
An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (Silver Anniversary Edition)
by Gerald M. Weinberg 2001 320 pages
3.95
500+ ratings
Science
Business
Computer Science
Ada's Algorithm Summary
Ada's Algorithm
How Lord Byron's Daughter Ada Lovelace Launched the Digital Age
by James Essinger 2014 272 pages
3.27
1k+ ratings
Biography
History
Science
BITCOIN Summary
BITCOIN
by Dominic Frisby 2014 304 pages
3.87
500+ ratings
Economics
Finance
Business
Building Microservices Summary
Building Microservices
Designing Fine-Grained Systems
by Sam Newman 2015 280 pages
4.21
4k+ ratings
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
Programming Elixir Summary
Programming Elixir
Functional |> Concurrent |> Pragmatic |> Fun
by Dave Thomas 2014 280 pages
4.29
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Software
Effective Python Summary
Effective Python
59 Specific Ways to Write Better Python (Effective Software Development Series)
by Brett Slatkin 2015 256 pages
4.26
500+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Automate the Boring Stuff with Python Summary
Automate the Boring Stuff with Python
Practical Programming for Total Beginners
by Al Sweigart 2015 504 pages
4.29
2k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Coding
Docker Summary
Docker
Up & Running: Shipping Reliable Containers in Production
by Karl Matthias 2015 230 pages
3.77
100+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
UX for Beginners Summary
UX for Beginners
A Crash Course in 100 Short Lessons
by Joel Marsh 2016 255 pages
4.07
500+ ratings
Design
Computer Science
Technology
Frontend Architecture for Design Systems Summary
Frontend Architecture for Design Systems
A Modern Blueprint for Scalable and Sustainable Websites
by Micah Godbolt 2016 195 pages
3.35
100+ ratings
Design
Technology
Programming
Graph Databases Summary
Graph Databases
New Opportunities for Connected Data
by Ian Robinson 2015 236 pages
3.63
100+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
The Master Algorithm Summary
The Master Algorithm
How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World
by Pedro Domingos 2015 352 pages
3.74
6k+ ratings
Science
Artificial Intelligence
Technology
Superintelligence Summary
Superintelligence
Paths, Dangers, Strategies
by Nick Bostrom 2014 352 pages
3.86
19k+ ratings
Science
Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence
Java 8 in Action Summary
Java 8 in Action
Lambdas, Streams, and functional-style programming
by Raoul-Gabriel Urma 2014 424 pages
4.35
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Clean Code Summary
Clean Code
A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
by Robert C. Martin 2008 464 pages
4.37
22k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Technology
Predictive Analytics For Dummies (For Dummies Series) Summary
Predictive Analytics For Dummies (For Dummies Series)
by Dr. Anasse Bari 2014 360 pages
3.75
100+ ratings
Business
Computer Science
Technology
Algorithms to Live By Summary
Algorithms to Live By
The Computer Science of Human Decisions
by Brian Christian 2016 368 pages
4.13
32k+ ratings
Science
Psychology
Computer Science
Site Reliability Engineering Summary
Site Reliability Engineering
How Google Runs Production Systems
by Jennifer Petoff 2016 550 pages
4.22
2k+ ratings
Technology
Programming
Computer Science
Learn C# in One Day and Learn It Well Summary
Learn C# in One Day and Learn It Well
C# for Beginners with Hands-on Project (Learn Coding Fast with Hands-On Project)
by Jamie Chan 2015 160 pages
4.03
100+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Reference
Practical Statistics for Data Scientists Summary
Practical Statistics for Data Scientists
50 Essential Concepts
by Peter Bruce 2017 318 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Computer Science
Mathematics
Science
The DevOps Handbook Summary
The DevOps Handbook
How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations
by Gene Kim 2016 480 pages
4.31
5k+ ratings
Technology
Business
Programming
The Art of Invisibility Summary
The Art of Invisibility
The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data
by Kevin Mitnick 2017 320 pages
3.97
5k+ ratings
Technology
Science
Computer Science
Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow Summary
Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow
Concepts, Tools, and Techniques to Build Intelligent Systems
by Aurélien Géron 2017 574 pages
4.56
2k+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence
Head First SQL Summary
Head First SQL
Your Brain on SQL — A Learner's Guide
by Lynn Beighley 2007 607 pages
4.01
500+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Reference
Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs (Prentice-Hall Series in Automatic Computation) Summary
Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs (Prentice-Hall Series in Automatic Computation)
by Niklaus Wirth 1976 366 pages
4.24
100+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Algorithms
Once Upon an Algorithm Summary
Once Upon an Algorithm
How Stories Explain Computing (The MIT Press)
by Martin Erwig 2017 336 pages
3.66
100+ ratings
Computer Science
Science
Programming
Designing Data-Intensive Applications Summary
Designing Data-Intensive Applications
The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems
by Martin Kleppmann 2017 611 pages
4.71
8k+ ratings
Programming
Technology
Computer Science
Machine Learning Summary
Machine Learning
The New AI (MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)
by Ethem Alpaydin 2016 224 pages
3.62
500+ ratings
Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Machine Learning with R Summary
Machine Learning with R
by Brett Lantz 2013 396 pages
4.22
100+ ratings
Programming
Computer Science
Reference
Python for Finance Summary
Python for Finance
Analyze Big Financial Data
by Yves Hilpisch 2015 606 pages
3.8
100+ ratings
Finance
Programming
Computer Science
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