Nine Algorithms That Changed the Future
The Ingenious Ideas That Drive Today's Computers

Physicist Richard Feynman remarked about scientists that if you can't explain what you are doing to your grandmother, then you don't understand what you are doing. That's from the guy who made common sense out of quantum electrodynamics (QED). The sorry fact of the matter is that science relies upon......more

I should have read this book at the beginning of my career. On the other hand, after 10 years experience I may appreciate it even more.......more

A surprisingly interesting and simple read (though perhaps overly simple in many parts) on some of the most important computer algorithms used today and how computer scientists solved for them. The writing is better than you would expect, the concepts are interesting (how google developed search alg......more

Nice insight into some of the programming concepts and tricks that sustain our information society.......more

I like the premise of this book: Describe the key algorithms that make everyday computing possible in a simple accessible manner. Some of these algorithms include, indexing and pagerank which govern how search engines work, compression algorithms like JPEG which shrink the size of files, public key......more