A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python (Texts in Computational Science and Engineering) - Hardcover

Hans Petter Langtangen

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ISBN 10: 3642024742 ISBN 13: 9783642024740
Publisher: Springer Verlag, 2009

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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...

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About the Author

Hans Petter Langtangen is a professor of computer science at the University of Oslo. He has formely been a professor of mechanics and is now the director of a Norwegian Center of Excellence: "Center for Biomedical Computing", at Simula Research Laboratory. Langtangen has published over 100 scientific publications and written several books, including papers and a book on Python's potential for scientific computing. He has also developed open...

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“This book is an introduction to computer programming using the Python programming language. It focuses on numerical methods as the context for examples, exercises, and assignments. ... 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...

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  • PublisherSpringer Verlag
  • Publication date2009
  • ISBN 10 3642024742
  • ISBN 13 9783642024740
  • BindingHardcover
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages693
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