Practical Programming

An Introduction to Computer Science Using Python



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Price$3.99 - $15.50
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AuthorsJennifer Campbell, Paul Gries, Jason Montojo, Greg Wilson
PublisherThe Pragmatic Programmers
Published2009
Pages369
LanguageEnglish
FormatPaper book / ebook (PDF)
ISBN-101934356271
ISBN-139781934356272
EBook Hardcover Paperback

Welcome to computer science in the 21st century. Did you ever wonder how computers represent DNA? How they can download a web page containing population data and analyze it to spot trends? Or how they can change the colors in a color photograph? If so, this book is for you. By the time you're done, you'll know how to do all of that and a lot more. And Python makes it easy and fun.


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