I have also tried that book, and if you really want to skip the code snippets in it, you can. The explanations from the basics of machine learning through the m

I have also tried that book, and if you really want to skip the code snippets in it, you can. The explanations from the basics of machine learning through the more typical NN architectures (RNN, CNN etc) is probably the best one I've found. Aurelion Geuron (the author) is a fantastic teacher. He is also a great speaker, look for some of his talks on youtube.