intro to python books

[Paul Rubin]

Kamus of Kadizhar <yan at NsOeSiPnAeMr.com> writes:
> I'm looking for a good intro to python book.  I'm very familiar with
> programming, but know nothing of OOP or systems (OS type)
> programming. All of my programming experience is in number crunching
> and generic graphics engines (read:  gobs and gobs of matrix
> manipulations and super-efficient sorts), all of it in C.

You should do fine starting with the online tutorial at www.python.org.
It's not terribly complete and it's a little bit dated, but it will
help you get the hang of Python.