Great book on intuition behind broad spectrum of Machine Learning approaches, full of practical examples. In fact, it is the only book aside from the Elements of Statistical Learning that I would recommend (and own). It is in strike contrast to the plethora of ML books on the market that are either too math heavy with little practical examples, or just show you how to apply python or R packages.<br><br>Finally, entertaining value of this book should not be overlooked, not P. G. Wodehouse but close.