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Author: John V. Guttag
ISBN : 0262525003
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This book introduces students with little or no prior programming experience to the art of computational problem solving using Python and various Python libraries, including PyLab. It provides students with skills that will enable them to make productive use of computational techniques, including some of the tools and techniques of "data science" for using computation to model and interpret data. The book is based on an MIT course (which became the most popular course offered through MIT's OpenCourseWare) and was developed for use not only in a conventional classroom but in a massive open online course (or MOOC) offered by the pioneering MIT-Harvard collaboration edX.
Students are introduced to Python and the basics of programming in the context of such computational concepts and techniques as exhaustive enumeration, bisection search, and efficient approximation algorithms. The book does not require knowledge of mathematics beyond high school algebra, but does assume that readers are comfortable with rigorous thinking and not intimidated by mathematical concepts. Although it covers such traditional topics as computational complexity and simple algorithms, the book focuses on a wide range of topics not found in most introductory texts, including information visualization, simulations to model randomness, computational techniques to understand data, and statistical techniques that inform (and misinform) as well as two related but relatively advanced topics: optimization problems and dynamic programming. Introduction to Computation and Programming Using Python can serve as a stepping-stone to more advanced computer science courses, or as a basic grounding in computational problem solving for students in other disciplines.
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- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: The MIT Press; revised and expanded edition edition (August 9, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0262525003
- ISBN-13: 978-0262525008
- Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 8.4 x 10.8 inches
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Free Introduction to Computation and Programming Using Python
As a result of taking the video course from MIT, I bought the book. It augments the video course and fills the gaps.
By JW Burton
Let me post a disclaimer first. I bought the paperback from MIT-press' website since it was cheaper after the edX discount.
Now the real deal : The book is excellent. It is the perfect companion to MIT's course on edX. I attended the course on a whim, since I already have a masters degree in computer engineer, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. The book takes a beginner from the basics to some of the most important aspects of computer science. There is a bit of graph theory, a bit of statistics, a bit of sorting, linear regression, data plotting using Pylab, and even the knapsack problem thrown in. I loved the book as well as the course, and will readily recommend both to people interested in computer science, irrespective of the level of their expertise (there is something for everyone).
I have read bad reviews about the Kindle edition of this book and so I will add that a DRM free e-book is also available for purchase from MIT-press' website. If you want the ability to open your e-book with any PDF reader, buy that instead of the Kindle version.
By Mike K