Python is a free, open source, easy-to-use software tool that offers a significant alternative to proprietary packages such as MATLAB® and Mathematica®. This book covers everything the working scientist needs to know to start using Python effectively. The author explains scientific Python from scratch, showing how easy it is to implement and test non-trivial mathematical algorithms and guiding the reader through the many freely available add-on modules.
A range of examples, relevant to many different fields, illustrate the program's capabilities. In particular, readers are shown how to use pre-existing legacy code (usually in Fortran77) within the Python environment, thus avoiding the need to master the original code. Instead of exercises the book contains useful snippets of tested code which the reader can adapt to handle problems in their own field, allowing students and researchers with little computer expertise to get up and running as soon as possible.
| ISBN: | 9781107686427 |
| Publication date: | 10th July 2014 |
| Author: | John Stewart |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 235 pages |
| Genres: |
Information technology: general topics Computing and Information Technology Computer programming / software engineering Programming and scripting languages: general |
Python is a free, open source, easy-to-use software tool that offers a significant alternative to proprietary packages such as MATLAB® and Mathematica®. This book covers everything the working scientist needs to know to start using Python effectively.
Python for Scientists features in the following genres: Information technology: general topics, Computing and Information Technology, Computer programming / software engineering, Programming and scripting languages: general
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Python for Scientists was written by John Stewart and published by Cambridge University Press
Python for Scientists has 235 pages