Books on scientific/numeric programming in Python?

[Fernando Pérez]

Francis Burton wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I wondered if any books have been published which focus on using
> Python for scientific data processing, numerical methods, mathematics
> and/or statistics? There are a few relevant nuggets in the excellent
> "Python Cookbook", but it would be nice to have a book dedicated to
> the subject. If not, there's a gaping niche in the market waiting to
> be filled.
> 
> Francis

Look at
http://pathfinder.scar.utoronto.ca/~csca57/

They have 'An Elementary Introduction to Scientific Computing', the text is 
incomplete. I wasn't terribly impressed by it, but it does have a pyhton 
focus.

cheers,

f.