Аннотация
The aim of this book is to provide science and engineering students a practical introduction to technical programming in Python. It grew out of notes I developed for various undergraduate physics courses I taught at NYU. While it has evolved considerably since I f i rst put pen to paper, it retains its original purpose: to get students with no previ-ous programming experience writing and running Python programs for scientif i c applications with a minimum of fuss.
The approach is pedagogical and “bottom up,” which means start-ing with examples and extracting more general principles from that experience. This is in contrast to presenting the general principles f i rst and then examples of how those general principles work. In my experience, the latter approach is satisfying only to the instructor.
Much computer documentation takes a top-down approach, which is one of the reasons it’s frequently dif f i cult to read and understand.
On the other hand, once examples have been seen, it’s useful to ex-tract the general ideas in order to develop the conceptual framework needed for further applications.
In writing this text, I assume that the reader:
• has never programmed before;
• is not familiar with programming environments;
• is familiar with how to get around a Mac or PC at a very basic level;
and • is competent in basic algebra, and for Chapters 8 and 9, calculus, linear algebra, ordinary dif f erential equations, and Fourier analy-sis. The other chapters, including 10–12, require only basic algebra skills.
![SQL For Dummies® [8th Edition]](https://www.rulit.me/data/programs/images/sql-for-dummies0-8th-edition_480636.jpg "Uncover the secrets of SQL and start building better relational databases today!
This fun and friendly guide will help you demystify database management systems so you can create more powerful databases and access information with ease. Updated for the latest SQL functionality, SQL For Dummies, 8th...")
Комментарии к книге "Introduction to Python for Science and Engineering"