Performing Science with Open Source Software: Utilizing Python(x, y)

by Hans Koch (Author)



Welcome to Python in Science! A few short stories will introduce you to some very versatile tools, which might well support you in daily life as an engineer or scientist: visualization, image processing, statistics, differential equations, optimization, symbolic algebra, etc.. Emphasis is put on realistic applications, not so much on language skills. Nevertheless, you will learn some basic Python on the fly. The book intends to help you to master the first hurdles. Once, your appetite is whetted, you'll become addicted, I'm sure!

Contents

Chapter 1
To whom it may concern
python(x,y)

Chapter 2
Brave New World
python

Chapter 3
All strings in your hand!
spyder

Chapter 4
Paint it black!
matplotlib

Chapter 5
Dress to impress!
mayavi

Chapter 6
Bake your own .py!
my.py

Chapter 7
Will you still feed me?
physionet

Chapter 8
Like a Nobel laureate
numpy

Chapter 9
Let it roll!
vtk

Chapter 10
Some physics
scipy

Chapter 11
Perfect fit?
itk

Chapter 12
Glue
itk-vtk

Chapter 13
Back to school
sympy

Chapter 14
Optimistic optimization
cvxopt

Chapter 15
Are you certain?
uncertainties

Chapter 16
Your own statistics
statsmodels

Chapter 17
Publish or perish!
reportlab

Chapter 18
Tools
Table of tools