Gadget Book: Maths Adventures with Python | Gadget Master - Electronics Weekly

Check out this latest Python programming language book from No Starch Press, to do with ‘hacking’ maths – Math Adventures with Python.

Math Adventures with Python:
An Illustrated Guide to Exploring
Math with Code

It’s written by Peter Farrell with the stated aim of “harnessing the power of programming to make maths learning more fun”.

For example, in the course of the book – published in softback and e-book formats – you can create 2D and 3D graphics with matrices and make colorful designs (via Mandelbrot and Julia sets) with complex numbers.

Other topics include using recursion to create fractals, like the Koch snowflake and the Sierpinski triangle, and cracking secret codes using genetic algorithms.
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Source: Electronics Weekly