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.This tutorial focuses on fundamentals and introduces a wide range of useful techniques, including:Basic Python programming and scriptingNumerical arraysTwo- and three-dimensional graphicsMonte Carlo simulationsNumerical methods, including solving ordinary differential equationsImage processingAnimationNumerous code samples and exercises--with solutions--illustrate new ideas as they are introduced. Web-based resources also accompany this guide and include code samples, data sets, and more.

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