Algorithms To Live By Book Review

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Henry holt and company. Topics discussed here go from the big o notation that serves as a yardstick for measuring the performance of algorithms to the bouquet of sorting algorithms themselves. Sorting algorithms are usually the first ones that any introductory computer science course covers. Books advanced search new releases best sellers more children s books textbooks textbook rentals best books of the month books new used rental textbooks.

Moreover sorting is. Cover of algorithms to live by credit. A book by brian christian and tom griffiths. It s the perfect antidote to the argument you often hear from young maths students what s the point.

In its 368 pages griffiths and christian set out. We ve all heard about the power of algorithms but algorithms to live by actually explains brilliantly how they work and how we can take advantage of them to make better decisions in our own lives. The bubble insertion merge and quick sorts. I was captivated by much of this book.

A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives helping to solve common decision making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind.