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Python for Biologists: A complete programming course for beginners
Learning to program is one of the best investments that you can make for your research and your career. Python for biologists is a complete programming course for beginners that will give you the skills you need to tackle common biological and bioinformatics problems.
Why learn programming?
Maybe you see colleagues writing programs to save time and deal with large datasets.
Maybe your supervisor has told you that you need to learn programming for your next project.
Maybe you've been looking at job ads and noticed just how many of them are asking for programming skills.
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About the author
Dr. Martin Jones has been teaching biologists to write software for over five years and has taught everyone from postgraduates to PIs. He is currently Lecturer in Bioinformatics at Edinburgh University.
Why learn programming?
Maybe you see colleagues writing programs to save time and deal with large datasets.
Maybe your supervisor has told you that you need to learn programming for your next project.
Maybe you've been looking at job ads and noticed just how many of them are asking for programming skills.
Table of contents
About the author
Dr. Martin Jones has been teaching biologists to write software for over five years and has taught everyone from postgraduates to PIs. He is currently Lecturer in Bioinformatics at Edinburgh University.
244 pages, Paperback
First published September 7, 2013
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April 10, 2020
This book is a great introduction to python! In the past, I have always struggled with learning Python because I felt like what was being taught was not applicable for what I wanted to use the program for. If you are a biologist struggling to learn how to code, I would definitely recommend this! The exercises at the end of each chapter successfully reinforces the lessons that were taught. My only critique of this book is that there were a few typos scattered throughout and the data file names in the book do not always match up with the appropriate data files that you would download from the website.
December 25, 2017
Great introduction! Well designed, useful exercises.
Only the 2nd book I've read on Python but definitely the best so far. Very excited to read the other 2 biology focused books by this author. My only other exposure to bioinformatics is through R, but Python is pretty great for some forms of data manipulation too, it seems!
Only the 2nd book I've read on Python but definitely the best so far. Very excited to read the other 2 biology focused books by this author. My only other exposure to bioinformatics is through R, but Python is pretty great for some forms of data manipulation too, it seems!
September 15, 2017
Perfect for getting started with Python using biological data.
January 29, 2021
Excelent book for biologist that want to start this new field of programming with python :D
Definitely, I will continue with the next book.
Definitely, I will continue with the next book.
June 12, 2021
Very clear introduction to python. It's suitable for any python beginners, not just for biologists.
November 4, 2015
If you want to learn Python to help you in Biology this is where you should start.
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