{"product_id":"introduction-to-computation-and-programming-using-python-9780262519632","title":"Introduction to Computation and Programming Using Python","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book introduces students with little or no prior programming experience to the art of computational problem solving using Python and various Python libraries  including PyLab. It provides students with skills that will enable them to make productive use of computational techniques  including some of the tools and techniques of \"data science\" for using computation to model and interpret data. The book is based on an MIT course (which became the most popular course offered through MITs OpenCourseWare) and was developed for use not only in a conventional classroom but in in a massive open online course (or MOOC) offered by the pioneering MIT--Harvard collaboration edX. Students are introduced to Python and the basics of programming in the context of such computational concepts and techniques as exhaustive enumeration  bisection search  and efficient approximation algorithms. The book does not require knowledge of mathematics beyond high school algebra  but does assume that readers are comfortable with rigorous thinking and not intimidated by mathematical concepts. Although it covers such traditional topics as computational complexity and simple algorithms  the book focuses on a wide range of topics not found in most introductory texts  including information visualization  simulations to model randomness  computational techniques to understand data  and statistical techniques that inform (and misinform) as well as two related but relatively advanced topics: optimization problems and dynamic programming. Introduction to Computation and Programming Using Python can serve as a stepping-stone to more advanced computer science courses  or as a basic grounding in computational problem solving for students in other disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67921180852277,"sku":"ByrdShop_0262519631","price":65.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780262519632.jpg?v=1794066151","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/introduction-to-computation-and-programming-using-python-9780262519632","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}