"This book is an interesting introduction to mathematical methods for data science. It covers ordinary differential equations and partial differential equations, and this is a main feature that distinguishes the book from others. The first chapters start gently to build some mathematical background on linear algebra, probability, calculus, and optimization. In the fourth chapter, the book presents real-world use of these mathematical tools for network analysis. Then the book goes deeper into the subject and discusses the methodologies of ordinary differential equations and partial differential equations, as well as their applications. Overall, the book is suitable for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students interested in mathematical data science methods." --Liangzu Peng, zbMATHOpen