Books?

[Virgil Stokes]

On 22-Aug-2012 16:04, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:36:50 -0700, Anonymous Group wrote:
>
>> What books do you recomend for learning python? Preferably free and/or
>> online.
> Completely by coincidence, I have just discovered, and I mean *literally*
> just a few minutes ago, this book:
>
> http://www.springer.com/mathematics/computational+science+%26+engineering/book/978-3-642-30292-3
>
> http://codingcat.com/knjige/python/A%20Primer%20on%20Scientific%20Programming%20with%20Python.pdf
>
>
> I wish it had existed when I was a beginner! I haven't read the whole
> thing, but dammit it looks like exactly the sort of book I would have
> adored as a newbie. (Your mileage may vary.)
>
>
>
I second this --- this is a very good book IMHO. I have the first edition (2009) 
and have found it very useful.

Good tip!