Algorithms to Live by : The Computer Science of Human Decisions (CD-Audio)

from andycyca

A very interesting primer on the sort of "real-life problems" that have parallels with computer science problems, explained elegantly without numbers and formulae, opting for the better approach of explaining the rationale behind the problems, their assumptions and how they lead to a desired outp...

from NewsieQ

Algorithms to Live By is very hard to describe. It's part self-help manual, part computer science tome, part philosophy textbook and it's all mixed together in a very pleasing way, with clever explanatory stories ala Malcolm Gladwell. I must confess, however, that I couldn't read more than one ch...

from haraldgroven

Ingenious book about how many human decision problems are in fact algorithmic, i.e. the kind of problems researched in computer science. The authors structure the book around classes of algorithms (eg. sorting, optimal stop, regularization, network flow, bayesian stats or game theory) and find in...

from BookWallah

Best consumed in short bursts. I was conflicted with this book. I either loved it or I hated it. Sometimes both in the same reading session. The authors attempt to take the highly specialized world of algorithms, explain them in common terms the college educated should track with, then relate the...

from datrappert

Lots of interesting stuff in this engaging look at how we might apply computer algorithms to daily life. Unfortunately, many of the algorithms are for solving problems that are much simplified compared to their human equivalents. And unsimplifying them sometimes leads to problems that are basical...