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The Stars My Destination
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Alfred Bester
Gerry
, July 11, 2020
An excellent introduction to science fiction as literature. Once you get into the story it grabs you as only great literature can. A timeless classic if there ever was one. I defy anyone to finish this book and not be moved.
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Discrete Mathematics Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning
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Susanna S Epp
Gerry
, July 06, 2017
I have taught from this book (and others) and found this to be a very good book for everyone from the beginner to the college student. The book is clear and concise with many excellent exercises and a companion solutions manual. The only drawbacks to Epp's book are common to all discrete math books I have used or reviewed. If you are trying to teach yourself the subjects in the text from no prior knowledge, you may have to jump around in the text (use the index and the nomenclature inside the covers; they are quite good) to fill in missing concepts. This is not Epp's fault, it is the way the subject really is. Many things in discrete math tie together; for example, you cannot understand relationships and functions without some background in set theory which has topics you need relationships to truly grasp. If you are willing to move forward by postponing complete understanding of some side issues until later in the book, you'll do fine. As I said, it is the nature of the beast not the book or author's fault. Susanna does a great job of minimizing this issue. The other minor issue I have is one that the students like. There is a lot of "white space" in the book as well as many short bio's of "dead white guys", as one student pointed out to me. Finally, I had the opportunity to change texts the last time I taught from this book and didn't because it is hard to find another book as good and versatile and this one. I have yet to find one better. I recommend this book.
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Introduction To Algorithms 1st Edition
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Thomas H Cormen
Gerry
, December 09, 2014
The only problem with this book is that the third edition is the final authoritybon the subject. I have taught from the current edition more than once, and can tell you that if you ever program this book SHOULD be in your tool kit. Buy this book if you can't afford the third edition, but buy some cooy of Cormen!
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Introduction To Algorithms 3rd Edition
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Thomas H Cormen, Charles Leiserson, Ronald L Rivest
Gerry
, July 25, 2012
I am currently a PhD student in Computer Science and have used this book for two advanced courses and will be using it to teach an undergraduate course this fall. I have been teaching on the college level for more than twenty years and I can honestly say I've never run into a book quite like this one (fondly referred to as "CLR"). This book is both a great reference book and a wonderful textbook. I used it to teach myself the introductory level algorithms class. Unlike most advanced books, this book is easy to read and understand. The examples are clear, the algorithms presented are easy to follow, and the expanded explanations of the algorithms are excellent. The algorithms are presented so clearly that the "CLR" style of algorithms is standard for some ComSci publications. I would recommend this book to anyone seriously interested in algorithms regardless of their programming skill (or lack of it) and regardless of their background in algorithms. And what is more, some of it is really fun.
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