I have used the Python data manipulation package Pandas daily and professionally for the last six years, but I’ve never actually done any official training or read books on using Pandas. My Pandas fluency has come slowly by solving daily problems and overcoming obstacles through looking at the Pandas documentation and reading helpful posts on…
Category: Books
How Science Fiction inspires scientists
Thinking up new ideas and theories before technology can support them requires imagination, vision, and an open mind. This article explores how visionary science fiction writers lays the groundwork for technological inventions long before the required technology exists. The science fiction genre has been called the “literature of ideas”. While humans have always speculated about futuristic…
Reflections after reading A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence
Jeff Hawkins newest book A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence discusses how the brain uses map-like structures to model the world and what this might mean for our next leap in achieving true artificial intelligence. Continue reading to discover my reflections from reading the book. The book in three sentences The author presents…
Recommended Quantum Computing Books
Here are some links to quantum computing related books I’ve found very useful. Note that these are affiliate links, and I get a few pence for server costs and maybe some coffee if you buy through my link. 1. Quantum Computing since Democritus This is an introduction that’s written in an easy to read and…