Technology Books
Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
A leading artificial intelligence researcher lays out a new approach to AI that will enable us to coexist successfully with increasingly intellige…
UML Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Standard Object Modeling Language
More than 300,000 developers have benefited from past editions of UML Distilled . This third edition is the best resource for quick, no-nonsense i…
The Art of Invisibility: The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data
Kevin Mitnick, the world's most famous hacker, teaches you easy cloaking and counter-measures for citizens and consumers in the age of Big Brother…
Machine Learning: A Probabilistic Perspective
A comprehensive introduction to machine learning that uses probabilistic models and inference as a unifying approach. Today's Web-enabled d…
Seven Concurrency Models in Seven Weeks: When Threads Unravel
Your software needs to leverage multiple cores, handle thousands of users and terabytes of data, and continue working in the face of both hardware…
Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era
In as little as a decade, artificial intelligence could match, then surpass human intelligence. Corporations & government agencies around the …
Database Management Systems
Database Management Systems provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the fundamentals of database systems. Coherent explanations and prac…
The Pattern on the Stone: The Simple Ideas that Make Computers Work
Most people are baffled by how computers work and assume that they will never understand them. What they don't realize—and what Daniel Hillis's sh…
AI Engineering: Building Applications with Foundation Models
Recent breakthroughs in AI have not only increased demand for AI products, they've also lowered the barriers to entry for those who want to build …
Elements of Information Theory 2nd Edition
The latest edition of this classic is updated with new problem sets and material The Second Edition of this fundamental textbook maintains …