Top Stories of 2017: 10 Free Must-Read Books for Machine Learning and Data Science; Python overtakes R, becomes the leader in Data Science, Machine Learning platforms

We continued to cover interesting and important stories in the intersecting fields of AI, Analytics, Big Data, Data Science, Deep Learning, and Machine Learning. We published over 1200 stories, had over 4.8 million visitors who saw over 14 million pages. Our subscribers have grown to over 200,000 subscribers/followers via email and social media. Here are the top KDnuggets stories from 2017 - read them, if you have not already. How to understand Gradient Descent algorithm, by Jahnavi Mahanta 17 More Must-Know Data Science Interview Questions and Answers, by Gregory Piatetsky 6 Reasons Why Python Is Suddenly Super Popular, by Kayla Matthews 7 More Steps to Mastering Machine Learning With Python, by Matthew Mayo Here are the most shared stories in 2017.