Gain insights into using Python for scientific and engineering applications. Delve into real-world scenarios, learning NumPy, Matplotlib, audio processing, and more through practical, hands-on projects.

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jupter.tar.gz

notebook

obesity_plot_gender

print_gender_pandas

create_sine_wave

notebook_exercise

range

print_gender_pandas_remove_NaN

print_gender_year

print_data_age

print_data_age_with_year

print_data_age_remove_NaN

obesity_plot_age_simple

obesity_plot_age_clear

print_data_age_under_16

print_data_age_25_34

obesity_plot_children_vs_adults

print_movie_top_rated

print_movies_oldie_teen

print_movies_by_gender

print_movies_for_women

print_movies_by_gender_loc

print_movies_diff_gender

movies_diff_gender_plot

print_u_data

print_movies_oldie_index

print_movies_oldies

print_movies_teens

display_image_nouse

grey_image

blur_image

edge_detection_low

edge_detection_high

plot_sin_wave

create_wave_file

display_again

print_frequencies

count_objects

detect_faces

detect_faces_little_mix

count_exact_lines

webcam_detection

single_thread

find_correlation

webcam_face_detection

motion_detection

motion_detection_live

In this course, you will learn to use Python for real-world scientific/engineering applications. For each topic, there will be a real case scenario where you will build a quick solution in Python to solve the problem.

More specifically, you will cover topics such as creating a word counter, NumPy and Matplotlib, audio processing, and a lot more. Throughout each chapter, you will get hands-on experience in building solutions for complex problems that engineers and scientists face every day.

The Practical Guide to Python for Scientists and Engineers

# Linux built-in word count utility

We will begin by building a simple utility called word counter. If you’re familiar with Linux you’ll know this as the **wc utility**. On Linux, we can type:

```
wc <filename>
```

This gets the number of words, lines, and characters in a file. The wc utility is quite advanced since it has been around for a long time. So, we’re going to build a baby version. This will hopefully be more interesting than printing “Hello World” to the screen.

With that in mind, let’s get started!

```
#!/usr/bin/python
```

The first line that starts with a `#!` is used mainly on **Linux systems**. It tells the shell that this is a **Python file** and should be run as such. It also tells Linux which interpreter to use (Python in our case).

> **Note**: The `#!` shell doesn’t harm Windows. This is because, in Python, anything that starts with `#` is a non-executable comment in the code.


# Reading plain text files

Let’s look at the code, “File reading using Python”.


```
STRAY BIRDS 
BY 
RABINDRANATH TAGORE 

STRAY birds of summer come to my 
window to sing and fly away. 

And yellow leaves of autumn, which 
have no songs, flutter and fall there 
with a sigh.
```


Let’s learn how to read a file in Python.

Reading and Printing a File

Introduction

Create a Word Counter in Python

An Introduction to NumPy and Matplotlib

Python pandas

Audio Processing

Image and Video Processing

MultiThreading vs. Multiprocessing in Python

Machine Learning with an Amazon-like Recommendation Engine

Conclusion

Reading and Printing a File

Linux built-in word count utility