Introduction to Scientific Programming with Python

✍ Scribed by Joakim Sundnes

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing;Springer
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 157
• Series: Simula SpringerBriefs on Computing 6
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This open access book offers an initial introduction to programming for scientific and computational applications using the Python programming language. The presentation style is compact and example-based, making it suitable for students and researchers with little or no prior experience in programming.

The book uses relevant examples from mathematics and the natural sciences to present programming as a practical toolbox that can quickly enable readers to write their own programs for data processing and mathematical modeling. These tools include file reading, plotting, simple text analysis, and using NumPy for numerical computations, which are fundamental building blocks of all programs in data science and computational science. At the same time, readers are introduced to the fundamental concepts of programming, including variables, functions, loops, classes, and object-oriented programming. Accordingly, the book provides a sound basis for further computer science and programming studies.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv
Getting Started with Python (Joakim Sundnes)....Pages 1-4
Computing with Formulas (Joakim Sundnes)....Pages 5-17
Loops and Lists (Joakim Sundnes)....Pages 19-34
Functions and Branching (Joakim Sundnes)....Pages 35-56
User Input and Error Handling (Joakim Sundnes)....Pages 57-80
Arrays and Plotting (Joakim Sundnes)....Pages 81-100
Dictionaries and Strings (Joakim Sundnes)....Pages 101-114
Classes (Joakim Sundnes)....Pages 115-133
Object-Oriented Programming (Joakim Sundnes)....Pages 135-145
Back Matter ....Pages 147-148

✦ Subjects

Mathematics; Computational Science and Engineering; Professional Computing; Programming Techniques; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems; Mathematics of Computing