Introduction to Python for Science and Engineering

Series in Computational PhysicsSteven A. Gottlieb and Rubin H. Landau, Series Editors Introduction to Python for Science and Engineering This guide offers a quick and incisive introduction to Python programming for anyone. The author has carefully developed a concise approach to using Python in any discipline of science and engineering, with plenty of examples, practical hints, and insider tips. Readers will see why Python is such a widely appealing program, and learn the basics of syntax, data structures, input and output, plotting, conditionals and loops, user-defined functions, curve fitting, numerical routines, animation, and visualization. The author teaches by example and assumes no programming background for the reader. David J. Pine is the Silver Professor and Professor of Physics at New York University, and Chair of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. He is an elected fellow of the American Physical Society and American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and is a Guggenheim Fellow.

Chapter 1. Introduction. Chapter 2.Launching Python Chapter 3.Strings, Lists, Arrays, and Dictionaries Chapter 4. Input and Output Chapter 5. Conditionals and Loops Chapter 6. Plotting Chapter 7. Functions Chapter 8. Curve Fitting Chapter 9. Numerical Routines: SciPy and NumPy Chapter 10. Data Manipulation and Analysis: Pandas Chapter 11. Animation Chapter 12. Python Classes & GUIs Appendix A. Installing Python Appendix B. Jupyter notebooks Appendix C. Glossary Appendix D. Python Resources

David J. Pine is the Silver Professor and Professor of Physics at New York University, as well as Chair of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering. He earned his PhD in physics from Cornell University and has been invited professor at ESPCI in Paris, France, and the University of Strasbourg. He has also served as a visiting scientist at Exxon Research and Engineering. He is recipient of numerous honors, including Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Guggenheim Fellow, and Fellow of the American Physical Society.