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"Algorithms Illuminated" by Roughgarden. Very accessible. Reads like a novel not a textbook. Has exercises throughout the chapter to test knowledge. I recom
by stickyricky 5y ago
"Algorithms Illuminated" by Roughgarden. Very accessible. Reads like a novel not a textbook. Has exercises throughout the chapter to test knowledge. I recommend it over your suggestion that you want a textbook. This book will serve you much better.
- jsonjason 5y agoAnother vote for Tim Roughgarden’s work. As someone who recently became a software engineer without a cs degree, his Stanford Algorithms I & II lectures (similar content to his books) have been the best instruction I’ve had on DS&A. I’ve dabbled with Skiena’s book, Grokking Algorithms, CTCI, and I now also have a copy CLRS that I use for reference or to go deeper on certain things. But I revisit Tim’s work all the time. Can’t recommend him enough.
- bhrgunatha 5y agoI found his courses rigorous and approachable too. I think they were equivalent to the courses he taught while at Stanford. https://timroughgarden.org/videos.html https://timroughgarden.org/videos.html
- 988747 5y agoIs there a way to buy ebooks from the seller other than Amazon (for those of us who hate Jeff Bezos ;) ?
- stickyricky 5y agoUnfortunately no. Possibly email the author? http://www.algorithmsilluminated.org/ http://www.algorithmsilluminated.org/
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