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A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python (Hardcover, 5th ed. 2016)
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A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python (Hardcover, 5th ed. 2016)
Series: Texts in Computational Science and Engineering, 6
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The book serves as a first introduction to computer programming of
scientific applications, using the high-level Python language. The
exposition is example and problem-oriented, where the applications
are taken from mathematics, numerical calculus, statistics,
physics, biology and finance. The book teaches "Matlab-style" and
procedural programming as well as object-oriented programming. High
school mathematics is a required background and it is advantageous
to study classical and numerical one-variable calculus in parallel
with reading this book. Besides learning how to program computers,
the reader will also learn how to solve mathematical problems,
arising in various branches of science and engineering, with the
aid of numerical methods and programming. By blending programming,
mathematics and scientific applications, the book lays a solid
foundation for practicing computational science. From the reviews:
Langtangen ... does an excellent job of introducing programming as
a set of skills in problem solving. He guides the reader into
thinking properly about producing program logic and data structures
for modeling real-world problems using objects and functions and
embracing the object-oriented paradigm. ... Summing Up: Highly
recommended. F. H. Wild III, Choice, Vol. 47 (8), April 2010 Those
of us who have learned scientific programming in Python 'on the
streets' could be a little jealous of students who have the
opportunity to take a course out of Langtangen's Primer." John D.
Cook, The Mathematical Association of America, September 2011 This
book goes through Python in particular, and programming in general,
via tasks that scientists will likely perform. It contains valuable
information for students new to scientific computing and would be
the perfect bridge between an introduction to programming and an
advanced course on numerical methods or computational science. Alex
Small, IEEE, CiSE Vol. 14 (2), March /April 2012 "This fourth
edition is a wonderful, inclusive textbook that covers pretty much
everything one needs to know to go from zero to fairly
sophisticated scientific programming in Python..." Joan Horvath,
Computing Reviews, March 2015
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