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Download the course as a book¶
The entire curriculum — every phase's theory, worked examples, labs, breaks and quizzes — is also published as offline books so you can study away from a browser: on an e-reader (EPUB), on a tablet (PDF), or on paper. Each phase is a chapter; each theory/lab/break/quiz file is a section. A clickable table of contents, page numbers and running headers are built in.
Files¶
| Format | Language | Best for | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Tablet / printing — fixed A4 layout | lynx-cortex-en.pdf | |
| Español | Tablet / impresión — A4 fijo | lynx-cortex-es.pdf | |
| EPUB | English | Small-screen e-readers — reflowable text | lynx-cortex-en.epub |
| EPUB | Español | Lectores e-ink — texto adaptable | lynx-cortex-es.epub |
The books are served straight from this site. CI builds them once (the
release-books workflow), then the docs deploy pulls them into the published
site — they are regenerable artifacts, never committed to the repository. Build
them locally with just books if you're working offline (below).
Which one?
A small e-ink reader → take the EPUB: the text reflows to the screen and equations are embedded as crisp vector images. A tablet → take the PDF: the layout, tables and margins are typeset for a medium screen.
What's inside¶
- All 42 phases, in curriculum order, each a chapter with its theory, labs, breaks and quizzes.
- Mathematics is typeset and embedded as vector images, so every equation renders identically on any reader — no fonts to install, no JavaScript.
- Worked examples, code listings and tables are carried over verbatim.
- A linked table of contents (PDF: with page numbers; EPUB: as the native navigation) down to the section level.
Honest limitations¶
These books are generated from the same Markdown the site is built from, with a few unavoidable trade-offs for offline reading:
- Interactive widgets (the live softmax explorer, byte-buffer, attention heatmap, etc.) only run online — their explanatory prose stays, but the toy itself is dropped. Use the web course for those.
- A handful of diagrams authored in Mermaid are shown as their source listing (they need a browser to draw).
- Labs assume a machine for the coding parts; on paper you can still do the derivations, the by-hand examples, and the quizzes.
Rebuild them yourself¶
The generator lives in scripts/build_books.py (design notes in
scripts/BUILD_BOOKS_BLUEPRINT.md). CI publishes the same four files to the
books GitHub Release via the Release books workflow
(.github/workflows/release-books.yml) — they are regenerable artifacts, kept
out of git history.