Books like Cogwheels of the Mind by A. W. F. Edwards

The Elements of Statistical Learning explains key statistical methods that underlie modern machine learning, data mining, and bioinformatics, covering supervised and unsupervised learning techniques such as classification trees, neural networks, and support vector machines.

A practical guide to Bayesian statistical analysis that prioritizes computation, model checking, and data‑collection design, with examples spanning regression, hierarchical, robust, generalized linear, and mixture models.

Now in its new third edition, Probability and Measure offers advanced students, scientists, and engineers an integrated introduction to measure theory and probability. Retaining the unique approach of the previous editions, this text interweaves material on probability and measure, so that probability problems generate an interest in measure theory and measure theory is then developed and applied to probability. Probability and Measure provides thorough coverage of probability, measure, integration, random variables and expected values, convergence of distributions, derivatives and conditional probability, and stochastic processes. The Third Edition features an improved treatment of Brownian motion and the replacement of queuing theory with ergodic theory. Like the previous editions, this new edition will be well received by students of mathematics, statistics, economics, and a wide variety of disciplines that require a solid understanding of probability theory. --back cover

An Introduction to Statistical Learning offers a practitioner‑friendly guide to modern statistical learning methods, including linear regression, classification, resampling, shrinkage, tree‑based models, SVMs, and clustering, with R tutorials and real‑world examples.

Based on the early life of King Richard III.