Numerical Python: A Practical Techniques Approach for Industry: Robert Johansson: 9781484205549: Amazon.com: Books

In the last 50 years there are two things that have emerged in a technological world. First, applied mathematics has moved much more into numerical methods than in trying to solve problems analytically. The second thing that has emerged is that computing has both led and followed the numerical computing revolution. Python, amongst languages, is arguably a language with links to optimized code (such as C or Fortran) plus a language capable of a plethora of tasks, including scientific calculation, statistical modelling, network analysis, machine learning, language processing, and so forth. Johansson's book fits beautifully into a niche where serious science or other endeavour requires both some cookbook code and explanation of some basics.