Introduction to Scientific Programming with Python

This book teaches the Python programming language, which is one of the most popular languages for introductory programming courses. An advantage of Python is that it is a so-called high-level language, with simple and intuitive syntax that makes it easy to get started. However, although it works well as a beginner’s language, Python is also suitable for more advanced tasks, and it is currently one of the most widely used programming languages worldwide

Contents

• Getting Started with Python
• Computing with Formulas
• Loops and Lists
• Functions and Branching
• User Input and Error Handling
• Arrays and Plotting
• Dictionaries and Strings
• Classes
• Object-Oriented Programming