Textbooks

This book describes the process of analyzing data. The authors have extensive experience both managing data analysts and conducting their own data analyses, and this book is a distillation of their experience in a format that is applicable to both practitioners and managers in data science. Printed copies are available through Lulu.

This book teaches the fundamental concepts and tools behind reporting modern data analyses in a reproducible manner. As data analyses become increasingly complex, the need for clear and reproducible report writing is greater than ever. The material for this book was developed as part of the industry-leading Johns Hopkins Data Science Specialization. Printed versions are available through Lulu (see link below).

Greenhouse gas emissions have caused considerable changes in climate, including increased surface air temperatures and rising sea levels. This e-textbook presents a series of laboratory exercises in R that teach the Earth science and statistical concepts needed for assessing climate-related risks. These exercises are intended for upper-level undergraduates, beginning graduate students, and professionals in other areas who wish to gain insight into academic climate risk analysis.

This may be the one tiny book that changes your experience vim from one of "memorizing random key sequences" to "composing vim commands."This is an intentionally small micro-book, not a comprehensive guide to all the features of this amazingly powerful editor. The tutorial can elevate your practice and enable deeper learning and better retention of vim commands. Go from "conversant" to "capable" more rapidly than you expected!

Are you an above-average Python coder? Prove it! Coffee Break Python - Mastery Workout helps you boost your Python skills and reach mastery level. The approach is simple: you solve 99 really hard Python puzzles that get harder as you progress with the book. A clear path to Python mastery!

Google engineers are regular expression masters. Do you want to become one, too? The Smartest Way to Learn Python Regex transforms you into a regular expression master. The book leverages an innovative learning approach: (1) read a chapter, (2) watch a course video, and (3) solve a code puzzle. It's fun!

Writing advice for engineering students (and engineers). This is a chapter of Applied Analog Electronics, but can be read as a stand-alone tutorial. The "Free Sample" and the "Community Edition" are also the full version of the document.

Every news feed is full of AI buzzwords: Transformers, tokens, embeddings, context windows, hallucinations, objective functions. Yet most explanations are either dense academic textbooks or empty marketing fluff. ☕ Coffee Break AI is your practical guide to AI. Written in plain English with warm real-world analogies. It breaks down the core mechanisms of AI into 40 bite-sized chapters.

The most successful calculus textbook in history — now in English for the first time.

The most successful algebra textbook in history — now in English for the first time.

"The AI confirmed X for me" used as proof of X. Outputs that sound brilliant but don't hold up to a severe re-reading. A three-page "AI policy" that nobody reads. Sound familiar? Thinking with LLMs, the Right Way is the system of critical thinking applied to LLMs: the Thinking-With Triangle (Intent / Adversary / Editor), the four meta-decisions of governance, the Socratic and adversarial practices for investigating and verifying. Not prompt engineering: the method for not letting yourself be mirrored.

«L'AI mi ha confermato X» usato come prova di X. Output che suonano brillanti ma non reggono a una rilettura severa. Una "AI policy" di tre pagine che nessuno legge. Suona familiare? "Pensare con gli LLM the Right Way" è il sistema di pensiero critico applicato agli LLM: il Triangolo del Pensare-Con (Intento / Avversario / Editore), le quattro decisioni meta di governance, le pratiche socratica e avversariale per indagare e verificare. Non prompt engineering: il metodo per non farsi rispecchiare.

The most successful algebra textbook in history — now in English for the first time.

If a humanoid robot carries about $28,000 a year in fixed cost, then at $60 contribution per billable hour it breaks even at roughly 467 billable hours per year, or just under 9 hours per week. But if supervision is heavier and contribution drops to $28 per hour, break-even jumps to 1,000 hours per year, or about 19.2 hours per week.

INTJ is one of the rarest personality types in the world. Only about 2.1% of people share it. You notice inefficiency sooner, tolerate stupidity less, and spend years building capability without building leverage.And yet somehow, people with less depth, less skill, and less actual value keep making more money than you.