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Author: Allen B. Downey
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Allen Downey is a Professor of Computer Science at the Olin College of Engineering and a former Visiting Scientist at Google, Inc. He has taught computer science at Wellesley College, Colby College and U.C. Berkeley. He has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from U.C. Berkeley and Master's and Bachelor's degrees from MIT.
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- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (March 9, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1449314635
- ISBN-13: 978-1449314637
- Product Dimensions: 0.4 x 7 x 9.5 inches
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Free Think Complexity: Complexity Science and Computational Modeling
Are you a reasonably competent Python programmer yearning for new challenges? "Think Complexity" definitely delivers some.
Allen B. Downey's well-written new book can help you dive into complexity science and improve your Python skills along the way. It's not just another hello-world, learn-to-program-in-Python text.
"This book," Downey states, "is about data structures and algorithms, intermediate programming in Python, computational modeling, and the philosophy of science." Hello, NEW world.
His new work, he adds, sprang out of a blending of "boredom and fascination: boredom with the usual presentation of data structures and algorithms and fascination with complex systems. The problem with data structures is that they are often taught without a motivating context; the problem with complexity science is that it usually is not taught at all."
Complexity science is the scientific study of complex systems - which can be anything from computer networks to the human brain, global markets, ecosystems, metropolitan areas, space shuttles, ant trails, and so forth. Complexity science is practiced "at the intersection of mathematics, computer science, and natural science," Downey says.
How does "the philosophy of science" fit into Downey's book? "Think Complexity" offers "experiments and results [that] raise questions relevant to the philosophy of science, including the nature of scientific laws, theory choice, realism and instrumentalism, holism and reductionism, and epistemology."
Downey's new work "picks up where Think Python left off" and is intended to appeal to the "broad intellectual curiosity" of software engineers and their "drive to expand their knowledge and skills.