{"product_id":"the-network-that-adjusted-itself-ravindra-kumar-nayak-9798190391367","title":"The Network That Adjusted Itself: Neural Networks from First Principles","description":"Neural networks can look like a locked room: circles, arrows, formulas, and unfamiliar words arranged as though understanding belongs only to specialists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Network That Adjusted Itself opens that room one careful step at a time.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten for complete beginners, nontechnical professionals, students uneasy with mathematics, managers working around artificial intelligence, career changers, educators, and curious lifelong learners, this book begins with an ordinary human question: how can a system improve after being wrong?\u003cbr\u003eFrom that starting point, Ravindra Nayak builds the foundations of neural networks through plain language, visual explanations, natural dialogue, gentle arithmetic, and traceable examples. You will begin with one artificial neuron and discover what each part actually does: inputs carry clues, weights control influence, bias shifts the starting point, activation shapes the signal, loss measures the mismatch, gradients reveal a direction for change, and learning rates control the size of each adjustment.\u003cbr\u003eThen the pieces connect. You will follow a small network through a complete forward pass and backpropagation, build a transparent 2-2-1 model by hand, and see how training unfolds across examples, mini-batches, epochs, checkpoints, regularisation, and early stopping. No programming experience or advanced mathematics is required.\u003cbr\u003eThe journey does not end with a successful calculation. The book also examines the questions that responsible readers must ask: Did the model learn a genuine pattern or a shortcut? Does it generalise to new cases? What happens when conditions change? How should confidence, bias, uncertainty, explainability, false positives, false negatives, and human oversight be handled?\u003cbr\u003eReal-world chapters connect neural-network ideas to manufacturing, service work, healthcare, agriculture, finance, education, accessibility, and workplace adoption. The concluding Value Edition turns the book into an active learning studio with revision maps, chunking methods, mathematical confidence exercises, problem-solving frameworks, a glossary, practical appendices, and a complete capstone mission.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is not a promise of instant mastery. It is a structured journey from intimidation to usable understanding-so you can explain the learning process, question exaggerated claims, follow the mathematics with confidence, and discuss neural-network systems with clarity and responsibility.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ravindra Kumar Nayak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798190391367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.89d","brand":"Ravindra Kumar Nayak","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50666076242175,"sku":"9798190391367","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9fa59f9f-6581-4e3d-aee8-6dae490b3098.jpg?v=1792015500","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-network-that-adjusted-itself-ravindra-kumar-nayak-9798190391367","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}