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Why do so many Machine Learning / Data Science books have animals on the cover?[D]
I've noticed something interesting while browsing ML, Data Science, and programming books. A surprising number of them have animals on the cover. Not just one or two books, but entire shelves full of them. Examples include books on Python, Machine Learning, Hadoop, Linux, Data Engineering, and many other technical topics. I was curious: - Is there any historical reason behind this? - Do the animals have some symbolic connection to the subject matter? - Did one publisher start the trend and others copied it? - Or is it purely a branding/design choice? I'm especially curious about whether specific animals were intentionally chosen to represent certain technologies or if they're mostly random. Would love to hear the story behind this from people who've been in tech longer than I have. submitted by /u/Rough-Usual-275 [link] [Kommentare] reddit.com · reddit.com
I've noticed something interesting while browsing ML, Data Science, and programming books. A surprising number of them have animals on the cover. Not just one or two books, but entire shelves full of them. Examples include books on Python, Machine Learning, Hadoop, Linux, Data Engineering, and many other technical topics. I was curious: - Is there any historical reason behind this? - Do the animals have some symbolic connection to the subject matter? - Did one publisher start the trend and others copied it? - Or is it purely a branding/design choice? I'm especially curious about whether specific animals were intentionally chosen to represent certain technologies or if they're mostly random. Would love to hear the story behind this from people who've been in tech longer than I have. submitted by /u/Rough-Usual-275 [link] [Kommentare]
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