Practical Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science Using Python

by Paul Gries, Jason Montojo, Greg Wilson, et al.

Book Overview

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.

Computers are used in every part of science from ecology to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1934356271
• ISBN13: 9781934356272
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Pragmatic Bookshelf
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 9.3"