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Mastering Python Scientific Computing

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Mastering Python Scientific Computing

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Mastering Python Scientific Computing
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Scientific computing applications developed in Python


Python is a popular language for developing scientific applications. Specially, it is most suitable for applications that demand low costs and applications that require high performance. In subsequent subsections, we will be covering some applications, tools, and products that use Python in some or other form.

The one Laptop per Child project used Python for their user interface

One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a project started at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The project has grown with support from people who create software and hardware and by solid community involvement to fulfill the mission of OLPC. The idea behind this project is to develop low-cost educational laptops with innovative hardware and software. The simple and convincing mission of OLPC is to create opportunities of education for poor children by providing them with low-cost, low-powered laptops with software and applications designed for collaborative...