TY - BOOK AU - Herman, Ted, TI - A functional start to computing with Python T2 - Chapman & Hall/CRC textbooks in computing SN - 9781466504554 (pbk. : acid-free paper) U1 - 005.133PYTHON 23 PY - 2014/// CY - LONDON PB - CRC Press KW - COMPUTERS / Programming Languages / General KW - MATHEMATICS / Advanced KW - MATHEMATICS / General KW - Python (Computer program language) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - "Open source and easy to use, Python offers the availability of exciting libraries of software, application programming interfaces, and even connections to web services. This textbook uses Python as a working environment to teach the basics of computing for students with no prior programming experience. Unlike similar texts, it organizes topics based on a functional first approach to teaching programming. The book includes case studies of practical problems as well as homework and interactive tools online, such as flashcards"-- ER -