7 Books to Grasp Mathematical Foundations of Data Science and Machine Learning

Most people learn Data Science with an emphasis on Programming. However, to be truly proficient with Data Science (and Machine Learning), you cannot ignore the mathematical foundations behind Data Science. In this post, I present seven books that I enjoyed in learning the mathematical foundations of Data Science. 'Enjoy' is perhaps not the best of words since this effort is hard going! So, why should you undertake the efforts of learning the Maths foundations of Data Science?