3 books to get started on data science and machine learning

This post is part of "AI education", a series of posts that review and explore educational content on data science and machine learning. But with so many educational books, video tutorials and online courses on data science and machine learning, finding the right starting point can be quite confusing. Readers often ask me for advice on the best roadmap for becoming a data scientist. To be frank, there's no one-size-fits-all approach, and it all depends on the skills you already have. In this post, I will review three very good introductory books on data science and machine learning.