Python for Scientists

Stewart, John M.

ISBN 10: 1316641236 / ISBN 13: 9781316641231

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Python for Scientists
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1316641236
• ISBN 13: 9781316641231
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Scientific Python is a significant public domain alternative to expensive proprietary software packages. This book teaches from scratch everything the working scientist needs to know using copious, downloadable, useful and adaptable code snippets. Readers will discover how easy it is to implement and test non-trivial mathematical algorithms and will be guided through the many freely available add-on modules. A range of examples, relevant to many different fields, illustrate the language's capabilities. The author also shows how to use pre-existing legacy code (usually in Fortran77) within the Python environment, thus avoiding the need to master the original code. In this new edition, several chapters have been re-written to reflect the IPython notebook style. With an extended index, an entirely new chapter discussing SymPy and a substantial increase in the number of code snippets, researchers and research students will be able to quickly acquire all the skills needed for using Python effectively.

About the Author

John M. Stewart was Emeritus Reader in Gravitational Physics at the University of Cambridge, and a Life Fellow at King's College, Cambridge before his death in 2016. He was the author of Non-equilibrium Relativistic Kinetic Theory (1971) and Advanced General Relativity (Cambridge, 1991), and he translated and edited Hans Stephani's General Relativity (Cambridge, 1990).