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My Favorite Books: Part Two

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Welcome to part two of my favorite programming, computer, and science books. If you're just joining, please see part one for introduction. In this part I'll cover a mix of my favorite theoretical and practical books because as Donald Knuth says in his Selected Papers on Computer Science, "The best theory is inspired by...

My Favorite Books: Part Two Last updated 2 weeks ago Welcome to part two of my favorite programming, computer, and science books. If you're just joining, please see part one for introduction. In this part I'll cover a mix of my favorite theoretical and practical books because as Donald Knuth says in his Selected Papers on Computer Science , " The best theory is inspired by practice; The best practice is inspired by theory ." Slide 28 on page 161 from Don Knuth's Selected Papers on Computer Science . I'm a huge fan both of theory and practice split 20/80. I love to get practical things done and

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