First Principles with Python
by Joel Grus
Recommended by Balaji S. Srinivasan and Thorsten Heller
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Statistics, Programming, and Technology.
To really learn data science, you should not only master the toolsdata science libraries, frameworks, modules, and toolkitsbut also understand the ideas and principles underlying them. Updated for Python 3.6, this second edition of Data Science from Scratch shows you how these tools and algorithms work by implementing them from scratch.If you h...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Statistics, Programming, and Technology.
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“Sheldon Ross’s First Course in Probability reads like a clear, calculus-based undergraduate textbook: definitions, step-by-step derivations, and many worked examples aimed at building formal comfort with probability. What works best is its mathematical clarity — it pushes you through proofs and algebra so you understand why common distributions and counting arguments work. The main limitation is tone and pacing: chapters can feel terse and formula-heavy, and the bundled diskette/tooling feels dated for readers expecting modern software support.”
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