How to Escape Parentheses in Github Markdown

I have the following line on a markdown text file:

[Recursively] ((computer_science))

When it's rendered the parser breaks the link by picking the first closing parenthesis instead of the second.

The link ends up as (computer_science instead of (computer_science)

How do I escape the first closing bracket?

I have tried using a backslash and using backticks but they don't work.

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I found a detailed answer and insight of this issue here

Here is a snippet 1. Bare - (1).html 2. Bare, encoded - 3. Delimited - <(1).html> 4. Hyperlink - with <a href="(1).html">parens</a> 5. Markdown Link #1 - with [parens][1] 6. Markdown Link #1 - with [parens at end][2] 7. Markdown Link #2 - with [parens]((1).html) 8. Markdown Link #2 - with [parens at end]((1))

  1. Bare - (1).html
  2. Bare, encoded -
  3. Delimited - (1).html
  4. Hyperlink - with parens
  5. Markdown Link #1 - with parens
  6. Markdown Link #1 - with parens at end
  7. Markdown Link #2 - with parens
  8. Markdown Link #2 - with parens at end

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