Great book discount from Manning (and more about one of our authors)

Found this great offer from mkt@manning.com in our email today! Very excited to see Nina Zumel get some recognition and thought we would share it (and the generous discount) here.

Excerpt of May 8th 2014 email from mkt@manning.com (please excuse the formatting):

Manning authors: Going places and doing stuff

Up to half off on your entire purchase–eBook, pBook, or MEAP.

For purchases

Under $50

Over $50

Over $100

Discount

37%

42%

50%

Coupon Code

wmld37cc

wmld42cc

wmld50cc

Offer applies to your entire purchase and expires May 15. Only at manning.com.

Manning authors know their stuff because they’re plugged into their communities–blogging, speaking, and, of course, coding. Our job is to take all the experience earned by our busy authors and turn it into books that will save you time. Here’s a glimpse at the recent activities of three Manning authors, along with an opportunity to add some great books to your collection at a great discount.

Can’t get enough practical data science?

Nina Zumel, coauthor of Practical Data Science with R, blogs on data science topics ranging from marketing algorithms to NASA’s recent discovery of 715 new planets. Check out these new posts on ninazumel.com and win-vector.com.

What is Verification by Multiplicity? Learn about the statistical technique that NASA scientists used to winnow out so many planets from the bulk data.

Popularity and Social Networks: Life is still like high school Why does it matter how many people follow your blog?

Bandit Formulations for A/B Testing How big a population do you need to reliably detect a difference to the desired statistical significance?