Python for science

This module is an introduction to the use of Python for science students. It covers the basics of algorithms and the Python language, but the approach is primarily geared towards use in the sciences. Examples are given of problems related to other first-year subjects.

Learn how to use Python in a scientific context.

This includes (i) getting to grips with the digital environment (under Linux) (ii) the notions of the Python language needed to create simple programs (iii) the algorithmic approach, which consists in making a concrete problem accessible through a computer program (iv) the use of tools to exploit and analyze results (and in particular the creation of graphs).

scientific level bac

CCI

Syllabus :

→ getting to grips with the environment (Linux, file management, editors, IDE)

→ elements of python (imperative programming: variables, functions, 'duck' typing, lists, logical conditions, loops, ...)

→ algorithmic approach (breaking down a problem)

→ debugging code for errors

→ Python as a tool for Science

→ visualize mathematical functions and numerical data

→ numpy and matplotlib (practical elements)

→ explore specific areas of the sciences (mathematics, physics, chemistry, electronics, mechanics, etc.)