Example-oriented text with all applications taken from science and engineeringAimed at newcomers to programming and Python, but proved to be useful for professionals tooAll examples are accompanied by complete program codes, which can be modified to the reader's needsCovers both Matlab-style "simple" programming and object-oriented programmingDemonstrates how Python can be an alternative to Matlab in scientific computingIncludes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Hans Petter Langtangen is a professor of computer science at the University of Oslo. He has formerly been a professor of mechanics and is now the director of a Norwegian Center of Excellence: "Center for Biomedical Computing", at Simula Research Laboratory. Langtangen has published over 100 scientific publications and written several books, including papers and the bestseller TCSE 6 "A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python", now in its 5th edition. He has also developed open source and commercial software systems for computational sciences.