#4799
Some computer science books are classic but not suitable for beginners, and some are the opposite. Donald Knuth's The Art Of Computer Programming probably belongs to the former condition, and Robert Sedgewick's Algorithms belongs to the latter. Of course, both of their algorithm analysis idea comes down in one continuous line, and they are all the classic and bestselling reference book in the computerized algorithm field.
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#3504
The Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP for short) is a comprehensive monograph written by Donald Knuth. It was first published in 1968, and acclaimed as one of the best 12 academic monographs in Twentieth Century (Albert Einstein's theory of relativity is one of another 11) by American Scientist Magazine in 1999. The vast majority of computer programming knowledge of contemporary software developers came from this series of books.
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#3470
Programming Pearls and More Programming Pearls are companion volumes written by Jon Bentley that successively published in 1986 and 1988. Both of them have become a masterpiece in the field of computer science. If you want to be a really excellent programmer, you have to read them first.
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#3072
Hacker's Delight is a computer science masterpiece written by Henry S. Warren in 2002. It is the only book that explains the computer algorithm on the market. By contrast, other algorithms related books basically are all about mathematical algorithms. Of course, the mathematical algorithm also mainly serves the computer science, but basically, it doesn't care about the details of computer architectures.
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#2591
Handbook of Applied Cryptography is one of the best, most classical cryptography books, its three authors are all the internationally well-known cryptographers and active cryptography researchers. This book contains 15 chapters (780 pages), covers all the major achievements in the development of cryptography in recent 20 years.
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#2469
This computer security book on cryptography was published in 1995, but never hence miss such a classic work - because even in today 2015, it is still working. If you want to study cryptography, then do read Applied Cryptography written by Bruce Schneier.
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