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Ask HN: What's the best textbook or video lectures on a topic you've come seen?

22 points by optbuild 4y ago

What made it so special? It can be of any topic.

goralph 4y ago
Something perhaps less well known: Bartosz Milewski on Category Theory https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbgaMIhjbmEnaH_LTkxLI7FMa2HsnawM_ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbgaMIhjbmEnaH_LTkxLI7FMa...
kaaloo 4y ago
I went in deep after discovering this playlist on the theory of litterature, doing the recommended reading and thoroughly enjoying the journey. Had to drop it midway or some years back but I really do want to get back to this topic. Maybe now is the time! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD00D35CBC75941BD https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD00D35CBC75941BD
avinassh 4y ago
Intro to Database Systems by Andy Pavlo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeYBdghaIjc&list=PLSE8ODhjZXjbohkNBWQs_otTrBTrjyohi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeYBdghaIjc&list=PLSE8ODhjZX... MIT 6.824 Distributed Systems by Robert Morris - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQP8WApzIQQ&list=PLrw6a1wE39_tb2fErI4-WkMbsvGQk9_UB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQP8WApzIQQ&list=PLrw6a1wE39... Designing Data-Intensive Applications (DDIA) - https://dataintensive.net/ https://dataintensive.net/ Crafting Interpreters - https://craftinginterpreters.com/ https://craftinginterpreters.com/ > What made it so special these break down really complex topics and make the concepts approachable. As a noob, I learned a lot from these.
- optbuild 4y ago
  Are there any introductory programming or CS courses that you have in mind for someone starting out?
  - chronal 4y ago
    Harvard's CS50 is excellent. You can find it here: https://cs50.harvard.edu/x/2023/ https://cs50.harvard.edu/x/2023/
  - freelanceTA 4y ago
    Try https://www.plai.org/ https://www.plai.org/ the new edition of 'Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation'. You can start doing it with just a basic background or try this: https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~plragde/flaneries/FICS/ https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~plragde/flaneries/FICS/ both those (plai, fics) were finished last year. Shorter than a book, and not 30+ hours of watching lectures.
blueboo 4y ago
The art of doing science and engineering. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2FF649D0C4407B30 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2FF649D0C4407B30 Richard Hamming coaches you on an R&D career and life
akasakahakada 4y ago
Discrete Mathematics By Oscar Levin https://discrete.openmathbooks.org/dmoi3.html https://discrete.openmathbooks.org/dmoi3.html No bullshit guide to discrete math. I have never seen any regular math textbook can explain stuff better than this. --- Quantum Computing for Everyone By Chris Bernhardt https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262539531/quantum-computing-for-everyone/ https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262539531/quantum-computing-for... The easiest to follow quantum computing introductory textbook. --- Matters and Interaction By Ruth Chabay, Bruce Sherwood https://matterandinteractions.org/ https://matterandinteractions.org/ The best introductory physics textbook ever. Every concept is consistent throughout the whole book. For example they introduce momentum simultaneously with relativity. They let you know classical physics is just appropriation in the first chapter. They introduce p=mv before f=ma. Which shows that this is not just another copycat book.
haunter 4y ago
The CS50x Memory Lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKTfNv2T0FE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKTfNv2T0FE David Malan is an incredible teacher but the way he describes the whole concept of memory in C especially pointers are on a next level. One of the greatest CS video of all time imo.

22 points by optbuild 4y ago

What made it so special? It can be of any topic.

Something perhaps less well known: Bartosz Milewski on Category Theory https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbgaMIhjbmEnaH_LTkxLI7FMa2HsnawM_ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbgaMIhjbmEnaH_LTkxLI7FMa...

kaaloo 4y ago

I went in deep after discovering this playlist on the theory of litterature, doing the recommended reading and thoroughly enjoying the journey. Had to drop it midway or some years back but I really do want to get back to this topic. Maybe now is the time! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD00D35CBC75941BD https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD00D35CBC75941BD

avinassh 4y ago

Intro to Database Systems by Andy Pavlo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeYBdghaIjc&list=PLSE8ODhjZXjbohkNBWQs_otTrBTrjyohi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeYBdghaIjc&list=PLSE8ODhjZX... MIT 6.824 Distributed Systems by Robert Morris - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQP8WApzIQQ&list=PLrw6a1wE39_tb2fErI4-WkMbsvGQk9_UB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQP8WApzIQQ&list=PLrw6a1wE39... Designing Data-Intensive Applications (DDIA) - https://dataintensive.net/ https://dataintensive.net/ Crafting Interpreters - https://craftinginterpreters.com/ https://craftinginterpreters.com/ > What made it so special these break down really complex topics and make the concepts approachable. As a noob, I learned a lot from these.

optbuild 4y ago
Are there any introductory programming or CS courses that you have in mind for someone starting out?
- chronal 4y ago
  Harvard's CS50 is excellent. You can find it here: https://cs50.harvard.edu/x/2023/ https://cs50.harvard.edu/x/2023/
- freelanceTA 4y ago
  Try https://www.plai.org/ https://www.plai.org/ the new edition of 'Programming Languages: Application and Interpretation'. You can start doing it with just a basic background or try this: https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~plragde/flaneries/FICS/ https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~plragde/flaneries/FICS/ both those (plai, fics) were finished last year. Shorter than a book, and not 30+ hours of watching lectures.

blueboo 4y ago

The art of doing science and engineering. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2FF649D0C4407B30 https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2FF649D0C4407B30 Richard Hamming coaches you on an R&D career and life

akasakahakada 4y ago

Discrete Mathematics By Oscar Levin https://discrete.openmathbooks.org/dmoi3.html https://discrete.openmathbooks.org/dmoi3.html No bullshit guide to discrete math. I have never seen any regular math textbook can explain stuff better than this. --- Quantum Computing for Everyone By Chris Bernhardt https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262539531/quantum-computing-for-everyone/ https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262539531/quantum-computing-for... The easiest to follow quantum computing introductory textbook. --- Matters and Interaction By Ruth Chabay, Bruce Sherwood https://matterandinteractions.org/ https://matterandinteractions.org/ The best introductory physics textbook ever. Every concept is consistent throughout the whole book. For example they introduce momentum simultaneously with relativity. They let you know classical physics is just appropriation in the first chapter. They introduce p=mv before f=ma. Which shows that this is not just another copycat book.

haunter 4y ago

The CS50x Memory Lecture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKTfNv2T0FE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKTfNv2T0FE David Malan is an incredible teacher but the way he describes the whole concept of memory in C especially pointers are on a next level. One of the greatest CS video of all time imo.