books about: artificial     books:       Real Wealth Without Risk: Escape the "Artificial Wealth Trap" in 48 Hours... or Less!3 reviews J J Childers Morgan James Publishing, 2008 One of the best books on wealth I've read! Real Wealth Without Risk provides 317 strategies on wealth using the E.S.C.A.P.E plan: E = Envision S = Strategize C = Create A = Accumulate P = Preserve E = Execute J.J. Childers notes in the Epilogue to the book that the greatest lesson in life he's learned is that we do indeed become what we think about. In this book, he gives the reader a lot to think about relative to financial ...             Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach (2nd Edition) (Prentice Hall Series in Artificial Intelligence)84 reviews Stuart Russell, Peter Norvig Prentice Hall, 2002 Fantastic Textbook As a student with a very strong background in technical fields I am no stranger to heavy studying, reference, and in some cases even total reliance on textbooks. I have encountered many kinds of textbooks, some which get the job done, some which do the same painfully, and unfortunately a select few that were simply inscrutable and probably inhibited my learning more than anything else. This ...             Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics)41 reviews Christopher M. Bishop Springer, 2007 Probably the best book for machine learning I am a PhD student in machine learning. Bishop is really gifted and he explains very well basic and advanced concepts of machine learning. I would say that this book is much more comprehensive than Hastie's Statistical learning book The Elements of Statistical Learning. Very good illustrations and very complete. I would definitely recommend it for those who want to learn statistical/machine ...             Advanced Web Metrics with Google Analytics17 reviews Brian Clifton Sybex, 2008 THE Complete Guide to Google Analytics I've used WebTrends for some time. Used a very early version of Urchin circa 2005. Started with Google Analytics in 2008. Google Analytics has come a long way since Urchin. WebTrends is definitely more potent with a lot more features. But well .. you're paying for it. Google Analytics is free. The only shortfall is that it retains data for the last 25 months, so if you want to compare with the ...             Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid244 reviews Douglas R. Hofstadter Basic Books, 1999 Computer Science Godel, Escher and Bach, written by Douglas Hofstadter, while the title would suggest it is discussion of a mathematician, an artist, and a composer, is a complex examination of how human beings develop perception and meaning. More specifically, the book explores, through a series of dialogues and narrations, how symbols, thought and language are all intertwined and how reality is essentially a ...             On Intelligence98 reviews Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee Holt Paperbacks, 2005 Bigger, Faster, Stronger All of human intelligence exists in a 2ml. six sheet layered region of the brain called the neo-cortex as large as a dinner napkin when laid out side to side. This region processes information regardless of sensory form, and is present in all mammals to varying sizes; most of us are lucky to have the largest among all mammals. All incoming sensory information from sight, smell, touch, sound ...             Crochet Bouquet: Easy Designs for Dozens of Flowers11 reviews Suzann Thompson Lark Books, 2008 Wonderful Book! I have this book, and Nicky Epstein's "Crocheted Flowers", and I prefer this one. I love the simplicity of it. She has sections on centers, stems, leaves in addition to the flowers, which makes it really easy to create something really unique. I love all of the project ideas too! These projects really give you inspiration on how you can use the flowers....from cardmaking to embellishing a ...             Programming Collective Intelligence: Building Smart Web 2.0 Applications38 reviews Toby Segaran O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2007 A visionary book that illuminates the Internet This is a visionary book because it predicts a lot of what will happen to the Internet soon. How do we process information in the Internet age? Instead of reading magazines and newspapers we use blogs as our source of news. This is because blogs offer much more customized news feed. In a typical newspaper, how much of its content is of interest to a reader? I guess half is a big value but ...             Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques, Second Edition (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data ...26 reviews Ian H. Witten, Eibe Frank Morgan Kaufmann, 2005 Thorough, well-written, and crystal-clear explanations. Highly recommend this book for a practical introduction to the theory and applications of Machine Learning. Great book if you are looking to ACTUALLY implement some machine learning systems, prefer to learn via diagrams, a "how-stuff-works"-style explanation, and skip much of the equations and heavy math that fills similar books. Obviously, this book is a perfect companion to the Weka ...             The Annotated Turing: A Guided Tour Through Alan Turing's Historic Paper on Computability and the Turing ...8 reviews Charles Petzold Wiley, 2008 should be on every aspiring mathematician's bookshelf this is a fantastic book. It manages to explain simply and clearly the entirety of turing's landmark paper and providing a thorough grounding on the base mathematical knowledge. though I had taken some set theory in college, I am fairly confident that even a devoted highschooler with some experience in geometry proofs could understand and follow this book. Of course, I should also mention that ...             Programming Game AI by Example29 reviews Mat Buckland Wordware Publishing, Inc., 2004 Excellent starter/primer to the AI world This book never claims to be a definitive guide to AI, but it does promise to give you the techniques used in game AI today. It delivers on its promise with the best bottom-up approach to learning I have not seen in a long time. If you are new to game AI, as I was, you need to get this book, and his other game AI installment, "AI Techniques for Game Programming." They are completely ...             Sweet Deception: Why Splenda, NutraSweet, and the FDA May Be Hazardous to Your Health31 reviews Joseph Mercola, Kendra Degen Pearsall Nelson Books, 2006 deceit This book gives us great insight into just how much we as a public are duped into thinking that the powers to be are acting in our best interest,when actually they are not. They are acting in the interest of the corp. making sure there bottom line is healthy.In the words of Dr. Mecola, this book is a must read for anyone who wants to take control of their health. [...]             Nicky Epstein's Crocheted Flowers20 reviews Nicky Epstein Sixth&Spring Books, 2007 I was on the fence with this purchase ... ... but man alive I am glad I sprung for it. So many good ideas in one place! The flowers are super but even better are the instructions ... and you know that can make all the difference in the world.             The Fly-Tying Bible: 100 Deadly Trout and Salmon Flies in Step-by-Step Photographs30 reviews Peter Gathercole Barron's Educational Series, 2003 #1 Pattern Book to Own I have had this book for over a year and it keeps coming off my shelf as my number one pattern book. It is well designed, easy to use and the spiral binding makes it a dream for setting on your tying bench. I was really impressed w/ the quality of the pictures and the step by step instructions for basic, intermediate and adavanced flies. I have given this to several people as gifts and ...             Prosthetics and Orthotics: Lower Limb and Spine1 review Ron Seymour Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002 Excellent text Well put together. An excellent source for health care professionals in practice or in training!             Multimedia for Learning: Methods and Development (3rd Edition)6 reviews Stephen M. Alessi, Stanley R. Trollip Allyn & Bacon, 2000 Excellent breadth and and depth of coverage This is an excellent text in terms of coverage and pacing. If you are interested in human-computer interaction, this is a 'must have' text. What astonished me about this book is that it covered more issues in HCI than many dedicated user interface design books. The text admirably blends practical considerations with theoretical concerns and trends. It strongly focuses on motivational issues ...             Collective Intelligence in Action6 reviews Satnam Alag Manning Publications, 2008 Adding Smartness made easy in your Enterprise Application by "Collective Intelligence in Action" I was not surprised to see "Hello, Sopan. We have recommendations for you" line at the top when I logged into the Amazon.com site. Yes, this kind of functionality is very easy to implement into your application after reading Satnam's Collective Intelligence in Action Have you ever wonder how Netflix is able to recommend movies, what are the latest trends in the making search more ...             Mechanical Ventilation: Physiological and Clinical Applications6 reviews Susan P. Pilbeam, J. M. Cairo Mosby, 2006 A major expansion & refinement of the previous edition. Pilbeam establishes herself as the therapist expert in mechanical ventilation with this expanded & refined edition. It is current, readable, comprehensive & firmly based in clinical practice. Pilbeam is a national treasure in the field of respiratory care.             The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence180 reviews Ray Kurzweil Penguin (Non-Classics), 2000 A Book that everybody should read. Since I get into contact with the Vinge's singularity concept I developed a very great attraction for the matter. Ray Kurzweil explains it in a easy, not alarming and optimistic way. After reading The Age of Spiritual Machines and his later book the Singularity is near I can not understand how somebody can live without knowing about this potential threat and at the same time potential solution ...             Essential Trout Flies18 reviews Dave Hughes Stackpole Books, 2000 Look no further! (at least not right away) This is a great book for beginning tiers. I have just gotten into tying during the past few months, so I've been on the lookout for any good sources to learn the art. I've checked out literally dozens of books from the library that all purport to be the greatest fly-tying references around, but this is the one that I find myself referring to most frequently. 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