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Re:Foundations of Data Science [pdf] by mindcrime on Friday October 07, 2016 @07:48PM (#12664789)
Most well-written textbooks list the assumed background knowledge in the preface/introduction.

Exactly. And a surprisingly large number of books aren't well-written, exactly because they don't include that bit.

Re:Foundations of Data Science [pdf] by sn9 on Saturday October 08, 2016 @09:21PM (#12669459)
Over 90% of any medium is garbage which is why you have to take the time to make sure you're spending the time on the best material.

For most well-studied topics, finding the books that are good enough is not that difficult.