🧠 Neural Networks

The architecture of artificial minds — how layers of interconnected nodes learn to recognize patterns, generate language, and approximate intelligence. These books explore the mathematics and magic of deep learning.

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You

by Janelle Shane • 2019

AI isn't outsmarting us; it's misnaming a kitten. A tour of machine learning's weirdest failures.

4.11

5k+

🤖 Ai Explainers ⚠️ Ai Limitations ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🎨 Ai Creativity 😂 Technology Humor

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You

AI isn't outsmarting us; it's misnaming a kitten. A tour of machine learning's weirdest failures.

by Janelle Shane 2019

4.11

5k+ ratings

🤖 Ai Explainers ⚠️ Ai Limitations ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🎨 Ai Creativity 😂 Technology Humor

Mind

by Paul Thagard • 1996

Logic, concepts, images, analogies, neural nets: the mind's many tools, mapped in one framework.

3.66

249

🧠 Cognitive Science Foundations 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🧩 Mental Representation 💻 Computational Theory Of Mind 🏛️ Classical Cognitivism

Mind

Logic, concepts, images, analogies, neural nets: the mind's many tools, mapped in one framework.

by Paul Thagard 1996

3.66

249 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Science Foundations 🤔 Philosophy Of Mind 🧩 Mental Representation 💻 Computational Theory Of Mind 🏛️ Classical Cognitivism

What Is ChatGPT Doing... and Why Does It Work?

by Stephen Wolfram • 2023

ChatGPT is just next-word prediction. The breakthrough is what that reveals about language itself.

3.85

2k+

🤖 Large Language Models 💬 Ai And Language ⚙️ How Ai Works 💻 Computational Thinking 🪔 Ai Philosophy

What Is ChatGPT Doing... and Why Does It Work?

ChatGPT is just next-word prediction. The breakthrough is what that reveals about language itself.

by Stephen Wolfram 2023

3.85

2k+ ratings

🤖 Large Language Models 💬 Ai And Language ⚙️ How Ai Works 💻 Computational Thinking 🪔 Ai Philosophy

Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow

by Aurélien Géron • 2017

How neural networks remember: training RNNs, LSTMs, and GRUs for tasks where order matters.

4.55

3k+

🧠 Deep Learning 🛠️ Practical Ml 📈 Time Series Forecasting 💬 Natural Language Processing 🔧 Tensorflow

Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow

How neural networks remember: training RNNs, LSTMs, and GRUs for tasks where order matters.

by Aurélien Géron 2017

4.55

3k+ ratings

🧠 Deep Learning 🛠️ Practical Ml 📈 Time Series Forecasting 💬 Natural Language Processing 🔧 Tensorflow

The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book

by Andriy Burkov • 2019

The one-sitting machine learning education: a hundred pages, no code, every algorithm that matters.

4.25

1k+

🤖 Machine Learning 📊 Data Science 📚 Classical Machine Learning 📈 Statistical Learning 🏫 Supervised Learning

The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book

The one-sitting machine learning education: a hundred pages, no code, every algorithm that matters.

by Andriy Burkov 2019

4.25

1k+ ratings

🤖 Machine Learning 📊 Data Science 📚 Classical Machine Learning 📈 Statistical Learning 🏫 Supervised Learning

Data Science from Scratch

by Joel Grus • 2015

Real understanding comes from building algorithms yourself, not calling libraries others wrote.

3.90

1k+

🐍 Python For Data Science ⚙️ Algorithm Implementation 📊 Statistical Thinking 📐 Applied Linear Algebra 🤖 Machine Learning Basics

Data Science from Scratch

Real understanding comes from building algorithms yourself, not calling libraries others wrote.

by Joel Grus 2015

3.90

1k+ ratings

🐍 Python For Data Science ⚙️ Algorithm Implementation 📊 Statistical Thinking 📐 Applied Linear Algebra 🤖 Machine Learning Basics

Game Changer

by Matthew Sadler • 2019

From scratch, AlphaZero taught itself chess in nine hours and played like a Romantic-era genius.

4.21

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🤖 Computer Chess ♟️ Chess Strategy 🔁 Reinforcement Learning ⚔️ Attacking Play ♞ Piece Activity

Game Changer

From scratch, AlphaZero taught itself chess in nine hours and played like a Romantic-era genius.

by Matthew Sadler 2019

4.21

289 ratings

🤖 Computer Chess ♟️ Chess Strategy 🔁 Reinforcement Learning ⚔️ Attacking Play ♞ Piece Activity

The Nature of Code

by Daniel Shiffman • 2012

Code that breathes: how to build simulations that move, think, and evolve on your screen.

4.57

502

🎨 Creative Coding 🖼️ Generative Art 🟩 Cellular Automata ❄️ Fractal Geometry 🧬 Genetic Algorithms

The Nature of Code

Code that breathes: how to build simulations that move, think, and evolve on your screen.

by Daniel Shiffman 2012

4.57

502 ratings

🎨 Creative Coding 🖼️ Generative Art 🟩 Cellular Automata ❄️ Fractal Geometry 🧬 Genetic Algorithms

Matter and Consciousness

by Paul M. Churchland • 1984

Folk psychology is a 2,000-year-old theory that hasn't improved. Neuroscience says it never will.

3.89

1k+

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science ⚛️ Physicalism 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💡 Consciousness Studies

Matter and Consciousness

Folk psychology is a 2,000-year-old theory that hasn't improved. Neuroscience says it never will.

by Paul M. Churchland 1984

3.89

1k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science ⚛️ Physicalism 🤖 Artificial Intelligence 💡 Consciousness Studies

Keras Reinforcement Learning Projects

by Giuseppe Ciaburro • 2018

Nine Keras projects that bring reinforcement learning from theory to working self-learning agents.

4.00

🤖 Reinforcement Learning 🧠 Deep Learning 🛠️ Project-Based Learning 🕹️ Game Playing Ai 🦾 Robotics

Keras Reinforcement Learning Projects

Nine Keras projects that bring reinforcement learning from theory to working self-learning agents.

by Giuseppe Ciaburro 2018

4.00

1 ratings

🤖 Reinforcement Learning 🧠 Deep Learning 🛠️ Project-Based Learning 🕹️ Game Playing Ai 🦾 Robotics

Machine Learning For Absolute Beginners

by Oliver Theobald • 2017

How machine learning algorithms think, from regression to neural networks, no math required.

4.12

474

🧠 Machine Learning 🧹 Data Preparation ⚖️ Model Evaluation 🏷️ Supervised Learning 🌳 Decision Trees

Machine Learning For Absolute Beginners

How machine learning algorithms think, from regression to neural networks, no math required.

by Oliver Theobald 2017

4.12

474 ratings

🧠 Machine Learning 🧹 Data Preparation ⚖️ Model Evaluation 🏷️ Supervised Learning 🌳 Decision Trees

The Language Puzzle

by Steven Mithen • 2024

Language's origin: a six-million-year puzzle pieced from genes, tools, and ape gestures.

3.89

487

🧬 Language Evolution 🐒 Primate Communication 🗣️ Evolution Of Speech 👶 Language Acquisition 🔗 Gene-Culture Coevolution

The Language Puzzle

Language's origin: a six-million-year puzzle pieced from genes, tools, and ape gestures.

by Steven Mithen 2024

3.89

487 ratings

🧬 Language Evolution 🐒 Primate Communication 🗣️ Evolution Of Speech 👶 Language Acquisition 🔗 Gene-Culture Coevolution

Deep Learning

by John D. Kelleher • 2019

Deep learning isn't clever math. It's simple neurons, wired at scale, learning from their mistakes.

3.89

473

🔬 Deep Learning 🤖 Machine Learning 📘 Ai Fundamentals 🔗 Connectionism 🔍 Pattern Recognition

Deep Learning

Deep learning isn't clever math. It's simple neurons, wired at scale, learning from their mistakes.

by John D. Kelleher 2019

3.89

473 ratings

🔬 Deep Learning 🤖 Machine Learning 📘 Ai Fundamentals 🔗 Connectionism 🔍 Pattern Recognition

Machine Learning

by Ethem Alpaydin • 2016

From spam filters to self-driving cars: the algorithms that learn from data, and what comes next.

3.62

1k+

🧠 Machine Learning 🔬 Deep Learning 🎮 Reinforcement Learning 📈 Statistical Learning 🏛️ Ai Foundations

Machine Learning

From spam filters to self-driving cars: the algorithms that learn from data, and what comes next.

by Ethem Alpaydin 2016

3.62

1k+ ratings

🧠 Machine Learning 🔬 Deep Learning 🎮 Reinforcement Learning 📈 Statistical Learning 🏛️ Ai Foundations

Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic And Genetic Algorithms

by S. Rajasekaran • 2004

Soft computing's three pillars each have blind spots. This is how they fill each other's gaps.

4.21

151

🖥️ Soft Computing 🌫️ Fuzzy Logic 🧬 Genetic Algorithms 🤖 Machine Learning 👁️ Pattern Recognition

Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic And Genetic Algorithms

Soft computing's three pillars each have blind spots. This is how they fill each other's gaps.

by S. Rajasekaran 2004

4.21

151 ratings

🖥️ Soft Computing 🌫️ Fuzzy Logic 🧬 Genetic Algorithms 🤖 Machine Learning 👁️ Pattern Recognition

Cognitive Neuroscience

by Richard Passingham • 2016

Seeing is not believing: your brain builds reality from parallel streams, then fact-checks itself.

3.71

318

🧠 Brain Science 📚 Cognitive Psychology 🧪 Neuropsychology 👁️ Perception Science 💾 Memory Systems

Cognitive Neuroscience

Seeing is not believing: your brain builds reality from parallel streams, then fact-checks itself.

by Richard Passingham 2016

3.71

318 ratings

🧠 Brain Science 📚 Cognitive Psychology 🧪 Neuropsychology 👁️ Perception Science 💾 Memory Systems

Algorithms

by Panos Louridas • 2020

Twenty steps to find one item in a million, and the hidden logic that runs our world.

4.03

302

📐 Algorithm Design 💻 Computing Primers 🕸️ Graph Theory 🔍 Search Algorithms 📊 Data Sorting

Algorithms

Twenty steps to find one item in a million, and the hidden logic that runs our world.

by Panos Louridas 2020

4.03

302 ratings

📐 Algorithm Design 💻 Computing Primers 🕸️ Graph Theory 🔍 Search Algorithms 📊 Data Sorting

Algorithms of the Intelligent Web

by Haralambos Marmanis • 2009

Search, recommend, cluster, classify: the algorithms that make web applications intelligent.

3.62

130

🤖 Machine Learning 🌐 Web Applications 🎯 Recommendation Systems 📄 Text Mining ⛏️ Data Mining

Algorithms of the Intelligent Web

Search, recommend, cluster, classify: the algorithms that make web applications intelligent.

by Haralambos Marmanis 2009

3.62

130 ratings

🤖 Machine Learning 🌐 Web Applications 🎯 Recommendation Systems 📄 Text Mining ⛏️ Data Mining

Neural Network for Beginners

by Sebastian Klaas • 2021

Stop treating neural networks as magic. Build them from scratch in Python, line by line.

5.00

🧠 Machine Learning 🧬 Deep Learning 🔧 From Scratch Coding 👁️ Image Recognition 🎓 Self-Taught Programmers

Neural Network for Beginners

Stop treating neural networks as magic. Build them from scratch in Python, line by line.

by Sebastian Klaas 2021

5.00

1 ratings

🧠 Machine Learning 🧬 Deep Learning 🔧 From Scratch Coding 👁️ Image Recognition 🎓 Self-Taught Programmers

Being There

by Andy Clark • 1996

The mind extends past the skull, looping through body and world. Brains alone cannot think.

4.14

217

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🏃 Embodied Cognition 🌐 Extended Mind 🔗 Connectionism

Being There

The mind extends past the skull, looping through body and world. Brains alone cannot think.

by Andy Clark 1996

4.14

217 ratings

🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🔬 Cognitive Science 🏃 Embodied Cognition 🌐 Extended Mind 🔗 Connectionism

Machine Learning For Absolute Beginners

by Oliver Theobald • 2018

A plain English path from zero to a working model: the algorithms, data prep, and code.

3.96

786

🤖 Machine Learning Basics 🐍 Python For Data Science 🧹 Data Preparation 🎯 Supervised Learning 📊 Model Evaluation

Machine Learning For Absolute Beginners

A plain English path from zero to a working model: the algorithms, data prep, and code.

by Oliver Theobald 2018

3.96

786 ratings

🤖 Machine Learning Basics 🐍 Python For Data Science 🧹 Data Preparation 🎯 Supervised Learning 📊 Model Evaluation

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