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Note:Itseemslikealotofpeoplehaveansweredthis,andtriedtogointolots
ofbreadthbyincludingbooksfrommanysubfields.Idon'tthinkthisisfair.
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Thisbookisstunning.Itsgraphicsareallmemorableandeverypagemakes
youwanttowriteaperfectraytracer.Ontopofthat,itusesliterate
programmingtoannotatecodemakingthebooknotabookofcode,buta
bookofexplanation.Thisisalsooneofthemostthoroughbooksonthetopic.
Ittakesyoufromnotknowinganylinearalgebratousingmultivariable
calculusandprobabilitytheorytodefineBRDFsandexaminingtherendering
equation.Ontopofthat,itshipswithopensourcecodeforplayingwith.

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TheoryofRecursiveFunctionsandEffectiveComputability byHartley
Rogers,Jr.
Thisbookisn'tatrivialreadandoftenisn'tthebestintroductiontothesubject,
sowhyhaveIincludedit?Itsalittlebitlikeholdingthefirstreflecting
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Gdel,Escher,Bach byDouglasR.Hofstadter
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itisonhere.Itisclaimedthatthisisreallyabookaboutpsychologyandnone
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learnsassemblyforthefirsttimeinordertowriteacompiler,kernelordriver?
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TypesandProgrammingLanguages byBenjaminC.Pierce
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thatteachesyouenoughtohaveabasicunderstandofthetheoreticalbackings
ofmodernJava'stypesystemNotthatIlikejavaorthatthisisallthatit
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IntroductiontoAlgorithmsbyThomasH.Cormen,CharlesE.Leiserson,
RonaldL.Rivest,CliffordStein
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algorithmanddatastructureyou'reprobablygoingtoneedinyourfirst5years
ofprogramming.However,itsprettyhardtoteachthesubjectofalgorithmsin
atextbookwithoutturningitintoalistofalgorithms.Idon'treallyknowofa
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Toaddamorelowlevel,engineeringperspectivetothislist:
ComputerOrganizationandDesign,FourthEdition:The
Hardware/SoftwareInterfacebyDavidA.Patterson(Berkeley),John
L.Hennessy(Stanford'spresident)
Aclassic,goldstandardtextbookandoneoftheveryfewbookswherethe
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IthinkagoodComputerscientistneedstoknowMathematicsandtakethe
approachof"Mathematicalapproachtocomputing".Unfortunatelymany
peoplethinkComputerScienceisComputerprogramming.Herearesomeof
mysuggestionsthough:
1.StartlearningCSwith"LinearAlgebrabyGibertStrang".Allthe
memoryorganizationinsideacomputerismathematicallyrepresentedasa
matrix.
2."ConcreteMathematicsAfoundationforcomputerscience,
Graham,Knuth,Patashnik"
3."ThedesignofEverydaythingsDonaldANorman"
4.Amusthavebookforallprogrammers"TheCProgramminglanguage
byKernighanandRitchie"EspeciallyforIndianUniversities,Pleasedont
readfromlocalauthors.Itsdisturbing!
5.Book(4)canesupplementedby"C:AReferenceManualSamuelP.
HarbisonandGuyR.Steele"and"ExpertCProgramming:DeepC
SecretsByPeterV.Linden"
6.Toknowhowthedataisstoredinacomputeranditsoperationhaveacopy
of"IntroductiontoAlgorithmsbyCoremen"
7.Nowyouknowwhatisprogrammingandhowtoprogram.Nextyoucan
startknowingaboutwhathappenstomyprogramaftersaygcchello.cohello.
Thatswherecompilerswillhelp.Thebestbookaccordingtomeforcompilersis
"Compilers:Principles,Techniques,andTools,AlfredV.Aho,Monica
S.Lam,RaviSethi,andJeffreyD.Ullman".SupplementthiswithStanfor
UniversityvideolecturesonCompilersandtheGCCwebsite.
8.Afterthisyouneedtoknowaboutthebrainofthecomputertheoperating
systems.IneversuggestyoutoreadthetraditionalapproachtoOSi.e.Galvin,
tanenbaum,Stallings.Tryanewapproach.Learnwhatisa"Kernel"first.
DownloadthesourcecodeofLinuxkernel.Takethehelpof"LinuxKernel
DevelopmentbyRobertLove"Buildthesourcecode,makechanges,build
again,writeyourowncode,buildagain.Seethemiracle!YoumaySupplement
thiswithanystandardbooksonOSforabroaderviewofOS.
9.WhatdoesallthecodeandOSrunon.Itsahardware.Sohaveacopyof
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Pleaseusethebook"UnixNetworkProgrammingbyRichardStevens"
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byDavidESimon"
13."ThinkinginJavabyBruceEckel"
14.ForalltheupcomingtopicsinCSsuchasCloudcomputing,Machine
learning,DataAnalysis,Internetofthings,andothers.Googleisthebest
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INTRODUCTIONTOALGORITHMS3rdEdition byCormen,Leiserson,
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ComputerNetworks5thEdition byAndyTanenbaum
MODERNOPERATINGSYSTEMS, byAndyTanenbaum
OperatingSystems:InternalsandDesignPrinciples byWilliamStallings
OperatingSystemConcepts bySilberschatz
ModernCompilerImplementationInC/Java byAndrewAppel
IntroductiontoAutomataTheory,Languages,andComputation by
Hopcroft,MotwaniandUllman.
ComputerGraphics:Principles&PracticeinC byFoley,vanDam
ArtificialIntelligence:AModernApproach byRussellandNorvig
PatternClassification byDudaandHart
IntroductoryTechniquesfor3DComputerVisionbyTruccoandVerri
DistributedSystems:PrinciplesandParadigms byAndyTanenbaum
TheArtofComputerProgramming(Vol.13) byDonaldKnuth
TheElementsofStatisticalLearning byHastie,Tibshirani,Friedman
NumericalRecipesinCbyPressetal.(Pageoncornell.edu )
RealAnalysis H.L.Royden

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1. TheCprogramminglanguagetimelessclassic
2. StructureandInterpretationofComputerProgramsmustread,whether
yourarefromtheOOPwordorthefunctionalworld.
3. TheartofUNIXprogrammingcomputerengineeringwisdom
4. why's(poignant)guidetoRubybecauseitstartedanewparadigmin
writingprogrammingbooks.
5. TheAlgorithmDesignmanualanapproachableguidetoalgorithmsfor
therestofus.
6. CodeComplete2"TheChicagomanualofstyle"ofcomputers

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