Overview
The book serves as a first introduction to computer programming of scientific applications, using the high-level Python language. The exposition is example- and problem-oriented, where the applications are taken from mathematics, numerical calculus, statistics, physics, biology, and finance. The book teaches ""Matlab-style"" and procedural programming as well as object-oriented programming. High school mathematics is a required background, and it is advantageous to study classical and numerical one-variable calculus in parallel with reading this book. Besides learning how to program computers, the reader will also learn how to solve mathematical problems, arising in various branches of science and engineering, with the aid of numerical methods and programming. By blending programming, mathematics and scientific applications, the book lays a solid foundation for practicing computational science.
Full Product Details
Author: Hans Petter Langtangen
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Volume: No. 6
Dimensions:
Width: 19.30cm
, Height: 4.00cm
, Length: 26.00cm
Weight: 1.706kg
ISBN: 9783642024740
ISBN 10: 3642024742
Pages: 720
Publication Date: 24 July 2009
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Awaiting stock
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Reviews
From the reviews: This book is an introduction to computer programming using the Python programming language. It focuses on numerical methods as the context for examples, exercises, and assignments. ! Langtangen ! does an excellent job of introducing programming as a set of skills in problem solving. He guides the reader into thinking properly about producing program logic and data structures for modeling real-world problems using objects and functions and embracing the object-oriented paradigm. ! Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals; general readers. (F. H. Wild III, Choice, Vol. 47 (8), April, 2010) It is an authoritative and almost monumental work that covers most aspects of the Python language and its numerical modules. It definitely has a prominent place on my bookshelf. ! The text is well written ! . In summary, this is the book (the only book) to have if you are an aspiring Python programmer of scientific applications. (Jaan Kiusalaas, SIAM Review, Vol. 52 (3), September, 2010)
Author Information
Hans Petter Langtangen is a professor of computer science at the University of Oslo. He has formely been a professor of mechanics and is now the director of a Norwegian Center of Excellence: ""Center for Biomedical Computing"", at Simula Research Laboratory. Langtangen has published over 100 scientific publications and written several books, including papers and a book on Python's potential for scientific computing. He has also developed open source and commercial software systems for computational sciences.
