A Student’s Guide to Python for Physical Modeling

Book Description

Python is a computer programming language that is rapidly gaining popularity throughout the sciences. A Student’s Guide to Python for Physical Modeling aims to help you, the student, teach yourself enough of the Python programming language to get started with physical modeling. You will learn how to install an open-source Python programming environment and use it to accomplish many common scientific computing tasks: importing, exporting, and visualizing data; numerical analysis; and simulation. No prior programming experience is assumed.

This tutorial focuses on fundamentals and introduces a wide range of useful techniques, including:

• Basic Python programming and scripting
• Numerical arrays
• Two- and three-dimensional graphics
• Monte Carlo simulations
• Numerical methods, including solving ordinary differential equations
• Image processing
• Animation

Numerous code samples and exercises–with solutions–illustrate new ideas as they are introduced. Web-based resources also accompany this guide and include code samples, data sets, and more.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Getting Started with Python
Chapter 2 Structure and Control
Chapter 3 Data In, Results Out
Chapter 4 First Computer Lab
Chapter 5 More Python Constructions
Chapter 6 Second Computer Lab
Chapter 7 Still More Techniques
Chapter 8 Third Computer Lab

Appendix A Installing Python
Appendix B Errors and Error Messages
Appendix C Python 2 versus Python 3
Appendix D Under the Hood
Appendix E Answers to “Your Turn” Questions

中文：

书名：A Student’s Guide to Python for Physical Modeling

Python是一种计算机编程语言，在整个科学界迅速流行起来。 学生指南：用于物理建模的Python 旨在帮助您作为学生，自学足够的Python编程语言来开始物理建模。您将学习如何安装开源的Python编程环境，并使用它来完成许多常见的科学计算任务：导入、导出和可视化数据；数值分析；以及模拟。假设没有以前的编程经验。

本教程侧重于基础知识，并介绍了各种有用的技术，包括：

• 基本的Python编程和脚本编写
• Numerical arrays
• Two- and three-dimensional graphics
• 蒙特卡罗模拟
• 数值方法，包括解常微分方程式
• Image processing
• Animation

大量带有解决方案的代码样例和练习说明了引入的新想法。本指南还附带了基于Web的资源，包括代码样例、数据集等。

目录表

第1章Python快速入门
第二章结构和控制
第三章数据输入，结果输出
第四章第一个计算机实验室
Chapter 5 More Python Constructions
第6章第二计算机实验
第七章更多技巧
第8章第三计算机实验室

附录A安装Python
附录B错误和错误消息
Appendix C Python 2 versus Python 3
引擎盖下的附录D
附录E回答您的问题