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Asanka Sayakkara

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Asanka Sayakkara's books

A Long Watch (Hardcover, 2016, Hurst) 5 stars

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5 stars

An eye opening reading on behind the scenes of a prisoner of war. Most of the times, what media and the rumors tell you are entirely different from what actually happens. So read what all sides have to say and especially the account of the accused and decide for yourself. In war, truth is the first victim.

Joseph LeDoux: Synaptic Self (2003, Penguin (Non-Classics)) 4 stars

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5 stars

Deep Learning and its use of artificial neural networks is so mainstream nowadays. Everybody in Computer Science know and use them in one way or another. However, it's funny how little we know about how its biological counterpart - the biological neural network. The fault is on us. We were too much into Mathematics since A/L that we thought Biology is a lesser science. We were mistaken.

If you are learning or using artificial neural networks and always wondered how exactly the same things are already implemented in the natural world, here's a good book to read. Things such as 'activation functions' are actually out there and they are entirely built on chemical building blocks. And they work perfectly and far more better than our artificial stuff.

Richard Holmes: Age of Wonder How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty and Terror of Science (2008) 5 stars

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5 stars

Reading on the history of science is one important avenue I discovered lately. This book showed me the life, challenges, sorrows, and courage of scientist from 18th and early 19th centuries.