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A Student's Guide to Python for Physical Modeling.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2021Edition: Second editionDescription: xiii, 223 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780691219288
  • 0691219281
  • 9780691223650
  • 0691223653
  • 0691223661
  • 9780691223667
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 005.133 23
LOC classification:
  • QA76.73.P98 K54 2021
Contents:
Getting started with Python -- Organizing data -- Structure and control -- Data in, results out -- First computer lab -- Random number generation and numerical models -- Second computer lab -- Images and animation -- Third computer lab -- Advanced techniques -- Installing Python -- Command line tools -- Jupyter notebooks -- Errors and error messages -- Python 2 versus Python 3.
Summary: "Python is a computer programming language that is rapidly gaining popularity throughout the sciences. A Student's Guide to Python for Physical Modeling aims to help you, the student, teach yourself enough of the Python programming language to get started with physical modeling. You will learn how to install an open-source Python programming environment and use it to accomplish many common scientific computing tasks: importing, exporting, and visualizing data; numerical analysis; and simulation. No prior programming experience is assumed."-- Provided by publisher.
List(s) this item appears in: 2024 New Titles
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Mesa Lab QA76.73 .P98 .K54 2021 1 Available 50583020028787
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-216) and index.

Getting started with Python -- Organizing data -- Structure and control -- Data in, results out -- First computer lab -- Random number generation and numerical models -- Second computer lab -- Images and animation -- Third computer lab -- Advanced techniques -- Installing Python -- Command line tools -- Jupyter notebooks -- Errors and error messages -- Python 2 versus Python 3.

"Python is a computer programming language that is rapidly gaining popularity throughout the sciences. A Student's Guide to Python for Physical Modeling aims to help you, the student, teach yourself enough of the Python programming language to get started with physical modeling. You will learn how to install an open-source Python programming environment and use it to accomplish many common scientific computing tasks: importing, exporting, and visualizing data; numerical analysis; and simulation. No prior programming experience is assumed."-- Provided by publisher.

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