Python for Scientists, 2/e (paperback)

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.

科學Python是一個重要的公共領域替代品，可替代昂貴的專有軟體套件。本書從零開始教授工作科學家所需的一切知識，並提供大量可下載、有用且可適應的程式碼片段。讀者將發現實現和測試非平凡數學演算法是多麼容易，並將引導讀者使用眾多免費的附加模組。多個與不同領域相關的範例展示了這種語言的能力。作者還展示了如何在Python環境中使用現有的遺留代碼（通常是Fortran77），從而避免了掌握原始代碼的需求。在這個新版本中，有幾章已經重新編寫，以反映IPython筆記本的風格。通過擴展索引、全新的章節討論SymPy以及程式碼片段數量的大幅增加，研究人員和研究生將能夠快速掌握使用Python的所有技能。