<P>Series in Computational Physics<BR><I>Steven A. Gottlieb and Rubin H. Landau, Series Editors</P></I><P></P><P><STRONG>Introduction to Python for Science and Engineering</STRONG></P><P></P><P>This guide offers a quick and incisive introduction to Python programming for anyone. The author has carefully developed a concise approach to using Python in any discipline of science and engineering, with plenty of examples, practical hints, and insider tips.</P><P></P><P>Readers will see why Python is such a widely appealing program, and learn the basics of syntax, data structures, input and output, plotting, conditionals and loops, user-defined functions, curve fitting, numerical routines, animation, and visualization. The author teaches by example and assumes no programming background for the reader.</P><B><P>David J. Pine</B> is the Silver Professor and Professor of Physics at New York University, and Chair of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the NYU Tandon School