Python for Scientists and Engineers
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Python has arguably become the de facto standard for exploratory, interactive, and computation-driven scientific research. This issue discusses Python's advantages for scientific research and presents several of the core Python libraries and tools used in scientific research.
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- Authors
- Millman, K. J., & Aivazis, M.
- Affiliations
- California Institute of Technology (US)
- Venue
- Computing in Science & Engineering
- Published
- 2011-03
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 9-12
- ISSN
- 1521-9615 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1988054515
- Cited by
- 1,294
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2026: 25 · 2025: 37 · 2024: 46 · 2023: 66 · 2022: 80 · 2021: 149 · 2020: 163 · 2019: 138 · 2018: 96 · 2017: 71 · 2016: 64 · 2015: 86 · 2014: 65 · 2013: 59 · 2012: 48
- FWCI
- 64.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.escholarship.org
- Locations
- Computing in Science & Engineering (publishedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Computational Physics and Python Applications
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Networks and Communications › Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems
- Keywords
- Python, scientific computing, Python library, scientific programming, interactive computing
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