If you have Python Cookbook, 3rd ed.

[boB Stepp]

On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 11:43 AM Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
>
> can you verify that the Algorithm chapter (near end in 2nd ed.) does
> *NOT* have an introduction by Tim Peters?
> (Info needed to verify timeit doc correction
> https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/21744)

In my 3rd edition copy chapter 1 is "Data Structures and Algorithms".
The only thing comprising an introduction is a brief paragraph that
starts the chapter and has no attribution.

HTH,
boB Stepp