Books?

[Jamie Paul Griffin]

[ Virgil Stokes wrote on Wed 22.Aug'12 at 16:34:40 +0200 ]

> 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!

absolutely. I've been reading it most of last night, certainly a great learning resource.