FREE EBOOK - Programming for Computations - MATLAB/Octave 
by Svein Linge, Hans Petter Langtangen
This book presents computer programming as a key method for solving mathematical problems. There are two versions of the book, one for MATLAB and one for Python. The book was inspired by the Springer book TCSE 6: A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python (by Langtangen), but the style is more accessible and concise, in keeping with the needs of engineering students. The book outlines the shortest possi...
Price: $50.02 | Publisher: Springer | Release: 2016
FREE EBOOK - Introduction to Python for Computational Science and Engineering
by Hans Fangohr
This book summarises a number of core ideas relevant to Computational Engineering and Scientific Computing using Python. The emphasis is on introducing some basic Python (programming) concepts that are relevant for numerical algorithms. The later chapters touch upon numerical libraries such as numpy and scipy each of which deserves much more space than provided here. We aim to enable the reader to learn ind...
Publisher: Self-publishing | Release: 2015
Beginning Python Games Development, 2nd Edition
by Harrison Kinsley, Will McGugan
Learn how to create compelling games using Python and the PyGame games development library. Beginning Python Games Development, 2nd Edition will teach you how to create visuals, do event handling, create 3D games, add media elements, and integrate OpenGL into your Python game.In this update to the first ever book to cover the popular open source PyGame games development library, you'll stand to gain va...
Price: $39.49 | Publisher: Apress | Release: 2015
Programming Google App Engine with Python
by Dan Sanderson
This practical guide shows intermediate and advanced web and mobile app developers how to build highly scalable Python applications in the cloud with Google App Engine. The flagship of Google's Cloud Platform, App Engine hosts your app on infrastructure that grows automatically with your traffic, minimizing up-front costs and accommodating unexpected visitors. You'll learn hands-on how to perform ...
Price: $30.83 | Publisher: O'Reilly Media | Release: 2015
FREE EBOOK - Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python
by Al Sweigart
Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python teaches you how to program in the Python language. Each chapter gives you the complete source code for a new game, and then teaches the programming concepts from the examples. Games include Guess the Number, Hangman, Tic Tac Toe, and Reversi. This book also has an introduction to making games with 2D graphics using the Pygame framework.Programming isn't hard. ...
Price: $7.48 | Publisher: Self-publishing | Release: 2015
by Richard Lawson
The Internet contains the most useful set of data ever assembled, largely publicly accessible for free. However, this data is not easily reusable. It is embedded within the structure and style of websites and needs to be carefully extracted to be useful. Web scraping is becoming increasingly useful as a means to easily gather and make sense of the plethora of information available online. Using a simple lan...
Price: $22.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015
Bioinformatics with Python Cookbook
by Tiago Antao
If you are either a computational biologist or a Python programmer, you will probably relate to the expression "explosive growth, exciting times". Python is arguably the main programming language for big data, and the deluge of data in biology, mostly from genomics and proteomics, makes bioinformatics one of the most exciting fields in data science.Using the hands-on recipes in this book, ...
Price: $54.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015
Python Programming for Arduino
by Pratik Desai
The future belongs to applications and services that involve connected devices, requiring physical components to communicate with web-level applications. Arduino combined with the popular open source software platform Python can be used to develop the next level of advanced Internet of Things (IoT) projects with graphical user interfaces and Internet-connected applications.Starting with designing hardware p...
Price: $30.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015
Learning Robotics Using Python
by Lentin Joseph
Learning about robotics will become an increasingly essential skill as it becomes a ubiquitous part of life. Even though robotics is a complex subject, several other tools along with Python can help you design a project to create an easy-to-use interface.Learning Robotics Using Python is an essential guide for creating an autonomous mobile robot using popular robotic software frameworks such as ROS using Py...
Price: $25.00 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015
Learning Geospatial Analysis with Python, 2nd Edition
by Joel Lawhead
Geospatial Analysis is used in almost every field you can think of from medicine, to defense, to farming. This book will guide you gently into this exciting and complex field. It walks you through the building blocks of geospatial analysis and how to apply them to influence decision making using the latest Python software.Learning Geospatial Analysis with Python, 2nd Edition uses the expressive and powerful...
Price: $44.99 | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release: 2015