This book is for programmers or software architects who are familiar with Clojure and want to use it to build machine learning systems. This book does not introduce the syntax and features of the Clojure language (you are expected to be familiar with the language, but you need not be a Clojure expert).

Similarly, although you don't need to be an expert in statistics and coordinate geometry, you should be familiar with these concepts to understand the theory behind the several machine learning techniques that we will discuss. When in doubt, don't hesitate to look up and learn more about the mathematical concepts used in this book.