Student's Guide to Python for Physical Modeling

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.

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 processingAnimation

Numerous 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.

"an excellent stepping stone into the world of using Python in computational science for undergraduate students with a strong background in mathematics. After working through the chapters and their accompanying exercises, readers can expect not only to know how to write and read Python but also to achieve a thorough understanding for developing complex physical models and calculations." -- -- Kevin Thielen and Vivienne Tien in "Computing in Science & Engineering" May/June 2016

Python este un limbaj de programare pentru computer care castiga rapid popularitate in stiinte. „Un ghid al elevului pentru Python pentru modelarea fizica” isi propune sa va ajute, elevul, sa va invatati suficient limbajul de programare Python pentru a incepe cu modelarea fizica.