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Product Description To score a job in data science, machine learning, computer graphics, or cryptography, you need to bring strong math skills to the party. Math for Programmers teaches the math you need for these hot careers, concentrating on what you need to know as a developer. Filled with lots of helpful graphics and more than 300 exercises and mini-projects, this book unlocks the door to interesting-and lucrative!-careers in some of today's hottest programming fields. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. Review "A gentle introduction to some of the most useful mathematical concepts that should be in your developer toolbox." --Christopher Haupt, New Relic "A rigorous yet approachable overview of the mathematics that underpin a number of modern programming domains." --Dan Sheikh, BCG Digital Ventures "Engaging, practical, recommend for all levels." --Vincent Zhu, rethinkxsocial.com "It provides a bridge for programmers who need to brush up on their math skills, and does a nice job of making the math less mysterious and more approachable." --Robert Walsh, Excalibur Solutions About the Author Paul Orland is a programmer, software entrepreneur, and math enthusiast. He is the co-founder of Tachyus, a Silicon Valley startup building predictive analytics software to optimize energy production in the oil and gas industry. At Tachyus he led the engineering team to productize hybrid machine learning and physics models, distributed optimization algorithms, and custom web-based data visualizations. He has a B.S. in mathematics from Yale University and a M.S. in physics from the University of Washington.