This Deep Learning textbook by Ian Goodfellow is a good intro to the fundamentals:
https://www.deeplearningbook.org/
It does require some math, but has an appendix with a refresher.
Then, read through this list from Ilya Sutskevar: https://github.com/dzyim/ilya-sutskever-recommended-reading
Be patient. It might take a couple of years to get up to speed. :)