Probability and Statistics for Computer Science

Rating:
Summary: Excellent
Review: This text is not just for computer science majors; the applications are simply computer science applications. Instead of placing balls in urns and using dice to present basic examples, it uses very basic topics from computer science to exemplify the theory in such a way that any mathematically inclined reader could fully understand. All the mathematics are explained clearly and with full precision in the appendices and in supplementary modules, which is novel in my opinion. This book is truly rigorous at an introductory level, and completely bridges the gap between intuitive introductory texts and more rigorous graduate texts. However, even the intuition is there in this book; it really has everything. Bravo to this author for writing a truly fine book that is really needed in this area. If you really want to learn probability theory, then buy this book. The writing is of unusually high quality, and the technical presentation is very good and fresh in terms of what's on the market. You will understand the concepts, the theory, and how to prove everything from scratch by reading this book. Johson walks you through everything step by step in precise, clear detail.