Essential Python for the Physicist

Giovanni Moruzzi is a retired associated professor from the Physics Department of the University of Pisa, where he is still teaching classical electromagnetism and basic computer algorithms.His research interests cover atomic and molecular spectroscopy, in particular the assignment of dense molecular spectra involving internal large-amplitude motions. He has published more than 70 papers on peer-reviewed journals and has been co-editor and coauthor of two scientific books.

• Preface.- 1 Python Basics and the Interactive Mode.- 2 Python Scripts.- 3 Plotting with Matplotlib.- 4 Numerical Solution of Equations.- Numerical Solution of Ordinary Dierential Equations (ODE).- 6 Tkinter Graphics.- 7 Tkinter Animation.- 8. Classes.- 9 Appendix.