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.... Matplotlib is a solid foundation that remains very useful, especially for simple applications. Let's start there. ...tplotlib. Try the package that comes with your operating system for both. For example, under Ubuntu you would use

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...r Physics and Astronomy] by considering the role of computing and the need for programming skills in current research. ...umentation, and management of incomprehensibly large data sets. The issue for the researcher in training is not whether computing skills are needed, but

This page contains assignments for our [http://prancer.physics.louisville.edu/astrowiki/index.php/Python_for_P == Homework 1: An assignment for very simple Python ==

The Virgo Cluster is therefore an extremely important outpost for cosmological exploration. It is close enough that, with the Hubble Space Te 2. During what month of the year would this region of the sky be most visible

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...strowiki/index.php/Python_for_Physics_and_Astronomy short course on Python for Physics and Astronomy] we take a short path to using Python easily. ...ity with the older Python 2.7 if you already have it. We will use Python 3 for the examples, though some of the earlier files here may still require small