Hm, is history important? There&#x27;s wikipedia if you&#x27;re interested in the &#x27;history&#x27; of a specific algorithm. For the rest, most books I&#x27;ve seen have pseudo-code, which is easy to translate to code.<p>The classic textbooks are:<p><pre><code>  * &quot;Algorithms&quot; by Robert Sedgewick et al.
  * &quot;Introduction to Algorithms&quot; by Cormen et al.
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If you&#x27;re <i>extremely serious</i> about algorithms, you might wanna go directly with the bible: TAOCP[1].<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu&#x2F;~uno&#x2F;taocp.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu&#x2F;~uno&#x2F;taocp.html</a>