python book for non technical absolute beginner

[News123]

Thanks for your answers,


I'll look at
- "Python Programming, for the absolute beginner (second edition by
MichaelDawson."
and at the LiveWires Course: http://www.livewires.org.uk/python/home


I looked at http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkCSpy/ but
think it's not a good choice for a non engineer, as this course tries to
explain many principles, which are not really needed to get started.
AN example is recursion.
Recursion is important but confuses easily.
I remember still how quite some people at school disconencted mentally
when the teacher tried to explain the 'mathematical induction'.


bye

N


News123 wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> One of my 'non technical' friends complained about knowing nothing at
> all about programming (though using computers regularly for mails / web
> browsing / googling and downloading / cropping photos )
> 
> He wants to play a little with programming to stimulate parts of his
> otehrwise idle brain cells. ;-) Normally it's more the social science /
> linguistic parts being exercised,
> 
> I thought python might be a nice language for this
> 
> No my question does anybody know a nice beginners book (or a learning CD
> or on line tutorial)? Ideally it shouldn't be too serious and have a lot
> of small nice mini-examples
> 
> thanks in advance for any suggestions hints
> 
> 
> bye
> 
> 
> N