Publisher's Synopsis
Learn how to automate your scientific research with Python. This book teaches you the basics of the popular Python scripting language, before delving deep into all aspects of processing data. Python is a simple, yet powerful, programming language similar to Perl, Tcl, and Ruby. It is heavily used in scientific research, and by companies like Google. This book places a strong emphasis on practical techniques for handling data. Although targeted specifically at scientists and engineers, anyone who needs to automate their work flow would find it useful.
