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

基本信息

Format Paperback | 304 pages

Dimensions 178 x 236 x 22.86mm | 657.71g

Publication date 10 Jan 2019

Publisher No Starch Press,US

Language English

Illustrations note 304 Illustrations, unspecified

ISBN10 1593278675

ISBN13 9781593278670

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

身兼教师、开发者、作家数职的 Peter Farrell 来讲述为什么使用 Python 来讲数学课会比传统方法更加好。——Don Watkins

数学课一直都是很讨厌的一件事情，尤其对于在传统教学方法上吃过苦头的人来说。传统教学方法强调的是死记硬背和理论知识，这种形式与学生们的现实世界似乎相去甚远。

Peter Farrell 作为一位 Python 开发者和数学教师，发现学生在数学课程中遇到了困难，于是决定尝试使用 Python 来帮助介绍数学概念。

Peter 的灵感来源于 Logo 语言之父 Seymour Papert ，他的 Logo 语言现在还存在于 Python 的 Turtle 模块 中。Logo 语言中的海龟形象让 Peter 喜欢上了 Python，并且进一步将 Python 应用到数学教学中。

Peter 在他的新书《 Python 数学奇遇记 (Math Adventures with Python)》中分享了他的方法：“图文并茂地指导如何用代码探索数学”。

Learn math by getting creative with code! Use the Python programming language to transform learning high school-level math topics like algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and calculus!

Math Adventures with Python will show you how to harness the power of programming to keep math relevant and fun. With the aid of the Python programming language, you’ll learn how to visualize solutions to a range of math problems as you use code to explore key mathematical concepts like algebra, trigonometry, matrices, and cellular automata.

Once you’ve learned the programming basics like loops and variables, you’ll write your own programs to solve equations quickly, make cool things like an interactive rainbow grid, and automate tedious tasks like factoring numbers and finding square roots. You’ll learn how to write functions to draw and manipulate shapes, create oscillating sine waves, and solve equations graphically.

You’ll also learn how to:

- Draw and transform 2D and 3D graphics with matrices

- Make colorful designs like the Mandelbrot and Julia sets with complex numbers

- Use recursion to create fractals like the Koch snowflake and the Sierpinski triangle

- Generate virtual sheep that graze on grass and multiply autonomously

- Crack secret codes using genetic algorithms

As you work through the book’s numerous examples and increasingly challenging exercises, you’ll code your own solutions, create beautiful visualizations, and see just how much more fun math can be!

作者简介

Peter Farrell是一名教师、开发者、作家。

Peter Farrell is a math and computer science teacher with a passion for customizing (“hacking”) math education and learning with technology. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and children.