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What book(s) is/are the best introduction to your field for non-specialists?
Please feel free to recommend different books that assume different levels of background knowledge. Post a separate comment to recommend books in each different field. Thanks!
- jonjacky 13y agoPreviously, elsewhere: http://ask.metafilter.com/71101/What-single-book-is-the-best-introduction-to-your-field-or-specialization-within-your-field-for-laypeople http://ask.metafilter.com/71101/What-single-book-is-the-best...
- yati 13y agoComputer Science: SICP (http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/structure-and-interpretation-computer-programs http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/structure-and-interpretation-c...) Artificial Intelligence: AIMA (http://aima.cs.berkeley.edu/ http://aima.cs.berkeley.edu/)