The Programming Historian
by W.J. Turkel, A. Crymble, A. MacEachern
Publisher: NiCHE 2010
Number of pages: 74
Description:
This book is a tutorial-style introduction to programming in Python for practicing historians (and other humanists). We assume that you're starting out with no prior programming experience and only a basic understanding of computers.
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