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I'm trying to decide if it would be worth while or a waste of time to listen to the audiobook... can someone comment on how dependent enjoyment of the book is on graphs, tables and other graphics?

Boni Aditya Audio book makes it easier to goo through the book - but it requires you to know what the author is talking about in the first place i.e. in this case…moreAudio book makes it easier to goo through the book - but it requires you to know what the author is talking about in the first place i.e. in this case if you are able to visualize all the algorithms without having to look at anything but your mind's eye of if you have previous experience with algorithms at work or if you had to work on a computer Science algo course. In all other cases, you better keep an open book or a pdf containing all the graphs for reference because, believe me - it is not at all easy to visualize their graphs!(less)

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