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Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R (Use R)
Roger S. Bivand, Edzer J. Pebesma, ...
Springer, 2008
Applied Spatial Data Analysis with R is divided into two basic parts, the first presenting R packages, functions, classes and methods for handling spatial data. This part is of interest to users who need to access and visualise spatial data. Data import and export for many file formats for spatial data are covered in detail, as is the interface ...
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The Elements of Statistical Learning
T. Hastie, R. Tibshirani, ...
Springer, 2003
data mining from the viewpoint of statisticians
Data mining is a field developed by computer scientists but many of its crucial elements are imbedded in important and subtle statistical concepts. Statisticians can play an important role in the development of this field but as was the case with artificial ...
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Stochastic Calculus for Finance II: Continuous-Time Models (Springer Finance)
Steven E. Shreve
Springer, 2008
Pre-digested chicken soup for the "aspiring quant"
While writing a review for Hull's text, I suggested that an easier (than to start with Hull) way to learn quantitative finance is to pick up one of the more focused books on the subject. There is a huge deluge of these books - I think one comes out every few weeks. ...
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The Algorithm Design Manual
Steven S. Skiena
Springer, 2008
Accessible Guide to Algorithm Design
For those computer science students and programmers who are put off by the style of "Introduction to Algorithms" by Cormen et al., this book is a good alternative. Rather than just being a catalog of algorithms with code and little explanation, this book covers a much ...
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Why Popcorn Costs So Much at the Movies: And Other Pricing Puzzles
Richard B. McKenzie
Springer, 2008
Should be read by every adult who spends money
This is the best book available on why things cost what they do. If you're an adult and you spend money this is "must reading". This book explains how the pricing process works and how these processes impact what we pay at the store, at the university, and at the ...
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Stochastic Calculus for Finance I: The Binomial Asset Pricing Model (Springer Finance)
Steven E. Shreve
Springer, 2005
Great balance between technical and intuitive
This book seemed to strike the perfect balance between going through the necessary math and getting the points across without pushing the non-PhD reader overboard. This is a great book for semi-mathematical types who practice in finance, or for mathematicians who are ...
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Principles of Quantum Mechanics
R. Shankar
Springer, 1994
An impressive QM book.
I am a lecturer who teach QM mostly. I've read various QM books so far. Apart from being reader-friendly, Shankar's book touches my mind in several points. Dirac equation (chapter20) is superbly written. The book explains very well how the matrices Alpha's and Beta are ...
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Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Information Science and Statistics)
Christopher M. Bishop
Springer, 2007
Probably the best book for machine learning
I am a PhD student in machine learning. Bishop is really gifted and he explains very well basic and advanced concepts of machine learning. I would say that this book is much more comprehensive than Hastie's Statistical learning book The Elements of Statistical ...
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Introductory Statistics with R (Statistics and Computing)
Peter Dalgaard
Springer, 2008
Excellent resource
I bought this book a little over a year ago when a friend and colleague insisted I learn the R system for our collaborative work. I am not a professional statistician, but an engineer and researcher who needs and uses statistics in the course of my professional work.
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The Craft of Scientific Presentations: Critical Steps to Succeed and Critical Errors to Avoid
Michael Alley
Springer, 2007
Scientific Presentation review
It gave me advice on traps to avoid in presentations. I just need to make good practice of them.
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The Buzz about Bees: Biology of a Superorganism
Jürgen Tautz
Springer, 2008
Educational, impressive, entertaining till the last page
Last year I was fortunate enough to read Juergen Tautz book, "The Buzz about Bees". It was hard to put the book down, once I started reading it. Finally it has been published in English and I am delighted that I can share this book with all my friends here in the US. ...
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Elementary Analysis: The Theory of Calculus
Kenneth A. Ross
Springer, 2003
Back to the basics
What an incredible math book and a great value. I picked this up to fill in some prerequisite knowledge and skill before starting a full on Real Analysis course in my new graduate program. I was stunned by how well the information is laid out and what care the author ...
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Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World.
Bruce Schneier
Springer, 2003
Reading it improves the reader security intelligence
The content of this book slightly overlap the content of the author previous book Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World but presents the material with a different angle. An angle with the perspective of a security expert that witness security measures ...
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Mathematics for Finance: An Introduction to Financial Engineering (Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series)
Marek Capinski, Tomasz Zastawniak
Springer, 2003
Joining the chorus
I can only echo the other reviewers. As far as I can tell this book has no serious competition. This is an excellent introduction to mathematical finance for those with a solid undergraduate level understanding of higher math but without graduate level exposure. I ...
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Lattice: Multivariate Data Visualization with R (Use R)
Deepayan Sarkar
Springer, 2008
Outstanding
Deepayan Sarkar won a prize for programming Lattice. He deserves another for writing this book. The usual style of help files in R (including Lattice) is terse; this is a deliberate choice by the developers. Presumably, a lot of people like this terseness - but I am ...
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