17 must-read science books like Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI by Anil Ananthaswamy

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Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI

By: Anil Ananthaswamy

4.30

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoi…

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1. A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains

By: Max Solomon Bennett

4.46

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Equal parts Sapiens , Behave, and Superintelligence , but wholly original in scope, A Brief History… read more

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Cover of Everything Is Predictable: How Bayesian Statistics Explain Our World by Tom Chivers

2. Everything Is Predictable: How Bayesian Statistics Explain Our World

By: Tom Chivers

4.17

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A captivating and user-friendly tour of Bayes’s theorem and its global impact on modern life from t… read more

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3. Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing)

By: Salman Khan

3.74

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the founder of Khan Academy, the first book written for general audiences on the AI revolution… read more

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4. The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI

By: Fei-Fei Li

4.39

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The moving memoir of a scientist coming of age as an immigrant in America who finds her calling at … read more

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5. Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI

By: Ethan Mollick

4.13

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

**A New York Times Bestseller**'Co-Intelligence is the very best book I know about the ins, outs, a… read more

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Cover of Chaos Kings: How Wall Street Traders Make Billions in the New Age of Crisis by Scott Patterson

6. Chaos Kings: How Wall Street Traders Make Billions in the New Age of Crisis

By: Scott Patterson

3.78

Format: 336 pages, ebook

A Wall Street Journal bestseller Written by a veteran Wall Street Journal reporter, this is a fasci… read more

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Cover of Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality by Venki Ramakrishnan

7. Why We Die: The New Science of Aging and the Quest for Immortality

By: Venki Ramakrishnan

4.08

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"Utterly fascinating." —Bill Bryson A groundbreaking exploration of the science of why and how we a… read more

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8. The Hundred-Page Machine Learning Book

By: Andriy Burkov

4.25

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Concise and to the point — the book can be read during a week. During that week, you will learn alm… read more

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  • programming
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Cover of The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI by Ray Kurzweil

9. The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI

By: Ray Kurzweil

3.93

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The noted inventor and futurist’s successor to his landmark book The Singularity Is Near explor… read more

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Cover of Love Triangle: How Trigonometry Shapes the World by Matt    Parker

10. Love Triangle: How Trigonometry Shapes the World

By: Matt Parker

4.16

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An ode to trigonometry, the most important idea in mathematics and the key concept that enables our… read more

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11. Life as No One Knows It: The Physics of Life's Emergence

By: Sara Imari Walker

4.06

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

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12. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything

By: Nate Silver

3.84

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our… read more

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Cover of Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari

13. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI

By: Yuval Noah Harari

4.11

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more

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Cover of Making Sense of Chaos: A Better Economics for a Better World by J. Doyne Farmer

14. Making Sense of Chaos: A Better Economics for a Better World

By: J. Doyne Farmer

4.38

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

‘Doyne Farmer is the world's leading thinker on technological change. For decades he has focused on… read more

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Cover of Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War by Raj Shah

15. Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War

By: Raj Shah

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A riveting inside look at an elite unit within the Pentagon—the Defense Innovation Unit, also known… read more

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Cover of Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI by Anil Ananthaswamy

16. Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI

By: Anil Ananthaswamy

4.30

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

A rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoi… read more

Similar categories in Anil Ananthaswamy's Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI book and Anil Ananthaswamy's Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI

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  • artificial intelligence
  • nonfiction
  • technical
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  • technology
Cover of AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference by Arvind Narayanan

17. AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference

By: Arvind Narayanan

3.92

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

Confused about AI and worried about what it means for your future and the future of the world? You'… read more

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Cover of The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant by Tae   Kim

18. The Nvidia Way: Jensen Huang and the Making of a Tech Giant

By: Tae Kim

4.28

Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition

"The definitive look at the most remarkable business story of this era."—Morgan Housel, New York Ti… read more

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Cover of Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation by Byrne Hobart

19. Boom: Bubbles and the End of Stagnation

By: Byrne Hobart

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A timely investigation of the causes of technological and scientific stagnation, and a radical blue… read more

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Cover of Hands-On Large Language Models: Language Understanding and Generation by Jay Alammar

20. Hands-On Large Language Models: Language Understanding and Generation

By: Jay Alammar

4.36

Format: 425 pages, Paperback

AI has acquired startling new language capabilities in just the past few years. Driven by rapid adv… read more

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13 Top audiobook books like Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI by Anil Ananthaswamy

Transform Your Habits

Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing)

Salman Khan

3.74

Transform Your Habits

The Worlds I See: Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery at the Dawn of AI

Fei-Fei Li

4.39

Transform Your Habits

Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI

Ethan Mollick

4.13

Transform Your Habits

Chaos Kings: How Wall Street Traders Make Billions in the New Age of Crisis

Scott Patterson

3.78

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16 Best audiobook books like Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education (and Why That's a Good Thing) by Salman Khan

Transform Your Habits

Burn Book: A Tech Love Story

Kara Swisher

3.99

Transform Your Habits

How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen

David Brooks

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection

Charles Duhigg

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Cal Newport

3.73

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