Eric Lawton reviewed Think Bayes by Allen B. Downey
Review of 'Think Bayes' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
I would have given 4 but it is available in PDF FOR FREE, authorized by author/publisher ,so definitely a 5.
I'm an experienced programmer in a dozen or so languages so I read it quickly - it told me just what I wanted to know about differences between Python AS A LANGUAGE and Java, C++ .
Actually, the most important reason for learning any new language these days is the packages available and this intro didn't go into that at all. Python is a full general purpose language but the main reason for choosing over similar languages is for scientific packages. A survey chapter on these would have made it 5* even at full price.
I would also recommend the book for programming novices because it tells you some really useful things about introductory computer science as well; data structures and algorithms as well as object-oriented programming. Just a …
I would have given 4 but it is available in PDF FOR FREE, authorized by author/publisher ,so definitely a 5.
I'm an experienced programmer in a dozen or so languages so I read it quickly - it told me just what I wanted to know about differences between Python AS A LANGUAGE and Java, C++ .
Actually, the most important reason for learning any new language these days is the packages available and this intro didn't go into that at all. Python is a full general purpose language but the main reason for choosing over similar languages is for scientific packages. A survey chapter on these would have made it 5* even at full price.
I would also recommend the book for programming novices because it tells you some really useful things about introductory computer science as well; data structures and algorithms as well as object-oriented programming. Just a hint, not enough to really learn them, but so you will know they are out there and just as important as the language syntax and will dig deeper when ready.
