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I've always found Daniel Shiffman's writing to be very approachable (http://natureofcode.com/book/chapter-10-neural-networks/)

You could try looking at Tariq Rashid's video and book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sevic5Vy4E

https://www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Own-Neural-Network-ebook/dp...

NN as a concept is hard since it is taught with math, however, I found his book to be easier than any other books I've read as it uses minimal math and down to earth explanations. Since NNs can implemented in most languages, I wish that a universal NN language could be developed that anyone could use vs having to learn it from other languages.

That book is only $4 on Kindle. Just purchased it--quite good for a beginner.

http://neuralnetworksanddeeplearning.com/ also http://playground.tensorflow.org