This Spring, we used Al's book for six weeks of a homeschool "Physics and Modeling" class. I am extremely happy with the book.
Students really, really liked the book! Here are a few of their applets: http://physicsmathmodeling.wikispaces.com/Our+Python+program+gallery They said the book was easy to use, fun, and supported independent exploration. I very much appreciated having this great resource available. Thank you very much, Al! Cheers, Maria Droujkova http://www.naturalmath.com Make math your own, to make your own math. On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Albert Sweigart <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello everyone. I've written a book called "Invent Your Own Computer > Games with Python" which is freely available under a Creative Commons > license at http://inventwithpython.com The print version is now also > available on Amazon.com at > http://www.amazon.com/Invent-Your-Computer-Games-Python/dp/0982106017/ > > Unlike many other programming books which cover programming concepts > and principles without concrete examples, each chapter in "Invent with > Python" features the complete source code for a small game (Guess the > Number, Tic Tac Toe, Hangman, Encryption, Othello, etc.) and then > explains the code line by line, covering programming concepts as they > are used. This is similar to the old source code listings in Byte > magazine and other books on BASIC. > > The online html and pdf versions are free and unabridged. The print > version is $25 and qualifies for free shipping. (I wanted to make the > book as affordable as possible, especially compared to other > programming books.) If you know of an educational institute or > nonprofit that would like to make a bulk purchase, I can lower the > price to about $7 a copy (plus shipping). > > I'm always open to questions and criticisms, or if anyone knows of > teachers or after-school computer clubs that could make use of this > book. > > Thanks! > > -Al Sweigart > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig >
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