Background reading

Collection of Computer Science books which are useful for background reading (in alphabetical order by last name of author):

ALLCOTT, Graham. "How to be a knowledge ninja: study smarter, focus better, achieve more"
ISBN: 9781848318168
Publisher: Icon Books (2015)
2 copies in stock
BARABASI, Albert-Laszlo. "Bursts: the hidden patterns behind everything we do, from your e-mail to bloody Crusades"
ISBN: 9780452297180
Publisher: Plume (Penguin) (2011)
2 copies in stock
BARABASI, Albert-Laszlo. "Linked: how everything is connected to everything else and what it means for business, science and everyday life"
ISBN: 9780465085736
Publisher: Basic Books (2014)
1 copy in stock
BARRAT, James. "Our final invention: Artificial Intelligence and the end of the human era"
ISBN: 9781250058782
Publisher: St Martin's Griffin (2015)
2 copies in stock
BODEN, Margaret. "AI: its nature and future"
ISBN: 9780198777984
Publisher: Oxford University Press (2016)
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BOSTROM, Nick. "Superintelligence: paths, dangers, strategies"
ISBN: 9780198739838
Publisher: Oxford University Press (2016)
2 copies in stock
BUTCHER, Paul. "Debug it! Find, repair and prevent bugs in your code"
ISBN: 9781934356289
Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf (2009)
2 copies in stock
CALDARELLI, Guido and Michele CATANZARO. "Networks: a very short introduction"
ISBN: 9780199588077
Publisher: Oxford University Press (2012)
2 copies in stock
CAWTHORNE, Nigel. "Alan Turing: the Enigma man"
ISBN: 9781784045357
Publisher: Arcturus Publishing (2014)
2 copies in stock
CHEN, Zhiyuan and Bing LIU. "Lifelong machine learning"
ISBN: 9781627055017
Publisher: Morgan and Claypool (2016)
2 copies in stock

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CHRISTIAN, Brian and Tom GRIFFIN. "Algorithms to live by: the Computer Science of human decisions"
ISBN: 9780008166090
Publisher: Collins (2016)
2 copies in stock
COOPER, Barry S. and Jan VAN LEEUWEN (eds.). "Alan Turing: his work and impact"
ISBN: 9780123869807
Publisher: Elsevier (2013)
1 copy in stock
COPELAND, B. Jack (ed.). "Essential Turing: the ideas that gave birth to the computer age"
ISBN: 9780198250807
Publisher: Oxford University Press (2004)
2 copies in stock
COPELAND, Jack. "Turing: pioneer of the information age"
ISBN: 9780198719182
Publisher: Oxford University Publishing (2014)
2 copies in stock
DHANJANI, Nitesh. "Abusing the Internet of Things: blackouts, freakouts and stakeouts"
ISBN: 9781491902332
Publisher: O'Reilly Media (2015)
2 copies in stock

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DOMINGOS, Pedro. "Master algorithm: how the quest for the ultimate learning machine will remake our world"
ISBN: 9780241004548
Publisher: Allen Lane (2015)
2 copies in stock
DYSON, George. "Turing's cathedral: the origins of the digital universe"
ISBN: 9780141015903
Publisher: Penguin (2012)
2 copies in stock
FLORIDI, Luciano. "Information: a very short introduction"
ISBN: 9780199551378
Publisher: Oxford University Press (2010)
2 copies in stock
FORD, Martin. "Architects of intelligence: the truth about AI from the people building it"
ISBN: 9781789131512
Publisher: Packt.com (2018)
2 copies in stock
FORSYTH, David. "Probability and statistics for Computer Science"
ISBN: 9783319644097
Publisher: Springer (2018)
2 copies in stock

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FRIEDLAND, Gerald and Ramesh JAIN. "Multimedia computing"
ISBN: 9780521764513
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (2014)
1 copy in stock
GREENGARD, Samuel. "Internet of Things"
ISBN: 9780262527736
Publisher: MIT Press (2015)
2 copies in stock
GRIBBIN, John. "Computing with quantum cats: from Alan Turing to teleportation"
ISBN: 9780552779319
Publisher: Black Swan (2015)
2 copies in stock
GROSS, Benedikt et al. "Generative design: visualize, program and create with JavaScript in p5.js"
ISBN: 9781616897581
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press (2018)
2 copies in stock
HALIM, Steven and Felix HALIM. "Competitive programming 3: the new lower bound of programming contests"
ISBN: 5800095810646
Publisher: Lulu.com (2013)
2 copies in stock

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HAMMERMAN, Robin and Andrew L. RUSSELL. "Ada's legacy: cultures of computing from the Victorian to the digital age"
ISBN: 9781970001488
Publisher: ACM/Morgan & Claypool (2016)
2 copies in stock
HODGES, Andrew. "Alan Turing: the enigma"
ISBN: 9781784700089
Publisher: Vintage (2014)
2 copies in stock
KELLMEREIT, Daniel and Daniel OBODOVSKI. "Silent intelligence: the Internet of Things"
ISBN: 9780989973700
Publisher: DND Ventures (2013)
2 copies in stock
KELLY, Alonzo. "Mobile robotics: mathematics, models and methods"
ISBN: 9781107031159
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (2013)
1 copy in stock
KERNIGHAN, Brian W. "Understanding the digital world: what you need to know about computers, the internet, privacy and security"
ISBN: 9780691176543
Publisher: Princeton University Press (2017)
2 copies in stock

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LAAKMANN McDOWELL, Gayle. "Cracking the coding interview: 189 programming questions and solutions" (6th edition)
ISBN: 9780984782857
Publisher: Career Cup (2015)
6 copies in stock: 15 copies of previous edition (2011) also available
LAAKMANN McDOWELL, Gayle. "Cracking the tech career: insider advice on landing a job at Google, Microsoft, Apple, or any top tech company"
ISBN: 9781118968086
Publisher: Wiley (2014)
5 copies in stock
LAAKMANN McDOWELL, Gayle and Jackie BAVARO. "Cracking the PM interview: how to land a project manager job in technology"
ISBN: 9780984782819
Publisher: Career Cup (2013)
5 copies in stock
LAVINGTON, Simon (ed.). "Alan Turing and his contemporaries: building the world's first computers"
ISBN: 9781906124908
Publisher: BCS (2012)
2 copies in stock
LEAVITT, David. "Man who knew too much: Alan Turing and the invention of the computer"
ISBN: 9780753822005
Publisher: Phoenix (2006)
2 copies in stock

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McEWEN, Adrian and Hakim CASSIMALLY. "Designing the Internet of Things"
ISBN: 9781118430620
Publisher: Wiley (2014)
2 copies in stock
MORET-BORILLO, Vicente. "Adventures in Computer Science: from classical bits to quantum bits"
ISBN: 978331964806
Publisher: Springer (2017)
2 copies in stock
NEVILLE, Colin. "Complete guide to referencing and avoiding plagiarism"
ISBN: 9780335220892
Publisher: Oxford University Press (2007)
1 copy in stock
OXFORD Quick Reference. "Oxford Dictionary of Computer Science" (7th edition)
ISBN: 9780199688975
Publisher: Oxford University Press (2016)
2 copies in stock *REFERENCE ITEM: may only be used at SSO
PADUA, Sydney. "Thrilling adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: the (mostly) true story of the first computer"
ISBN: 9780141981536
Publisher: Penguin (2016)
2 copies in stock

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PEARL, Judea and Dana MAZCKENZIE. "Book of why: the new science of cause and effect"
ISBN: 9780141982410
Publisher: Penguin (2019)
2 copies in stock
PEARS, Richard and Graham SHIELDS. "Cite them right: the essential referencing guide" (8th edition)
ISBN: 9780230272316
Publisher: Palgrave (2010)
1 copy in stock
PETZOLD, Charles. "Annotated Turing: a guided tour through Alan Turing's historic paper on computability and the Turing Machine"
ISBN: 9780470229057
Publisher: Wiley (2008)
2 copies in stock
PHILLIPS, Estelle M. and Derek S. PUGH. "How to get a PhD: a handbook for students and their supervisors" (5th edition)
ISBN: 9780335242023
Publisher: McGraw-Hill (2010)
3 copies in stock
RAJAGOPALAN, A.N. and Rama CHELLAPPA (eds.). "Motion deblurring: algorithms and systems"
ISBN: 9781107044364
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (2014)
1 copy in stock

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REAS, Casey and Ben FRY. "Processing: a programming handbook for visual designers and artists" (2nd edition)
ISBN: 9780262028288
Publisher: MIT Press (2014)
2 copies in stock
ROBINSON, Andrew and Mike COOK. "Raspberry Pi projects"
ISBN: 9781118555439
Publisher: Wiley (2013)
3 copies in stock
ROWNTREE, Derek. "Statistics without tears: an introduction for non-mathematicians"
ISBN: 9780140136326
Publisher: Penguin (2000)
2 copies in stock
RUSSELL, Brian and Drew van DUREN. "Practical Internet of Things security"
ISBN: 9781785889639
Publisher: Packt Publishing (2016)
2 copies in stock
SEELY, John. "Oxford A-Z of grammar and punctuation"
ISBN: 9780199564675
Publisher: Oxford University Press (2009)
1 copy in stock *REFERENCE ITEM: may only be used at SSO

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SILVER, Nate. "Signal and the noise: the art and science of prediction"
ISBN: 9780141975658
Publisher: Penguin (2013)
2 copies in stock
SONI, Jimmy and Rob GOODMAN. "Mind at play: how Claude Shannon invented the Information Age"
ISBN: 9781476766690
Publisher: SImon & Schuster (2017)
2 copies in stock
STIGLER, Stephen M. "Seven pillars of statistical wisdom"
ISBN: 9780674088917
Publisher: Harvard University Press (2016)
2 copies in stock
ZOBEL, Justin. "Writing for Computer Science" (3rd edition)
ISBN: 9781447166382
Publisher: Springer (2014)
2 copies in stock

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