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title: "Mastering Spark with R"
author: "Javier Luraschi, Kevin Kuo, Edgar Ruiz"
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# Welcome {-} 

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In this book you will learn how to use [Apache Spark](https://spark.apache.org/) with [R](http://www.r-project.org/). The book intends to take someone unfamiliar with Spark or R and help you become proficient by teaching you a set of tools, skills and practices applicable to [large-scale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_data) [data science](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_science).

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