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For many researchers, Python is a first-class tool mainly because of its libraries for storing, manipulating, and gaining insight from data. Several resources exist for individual pieces of this data science stack, but only with the Python Data Science Handbook do you get them all—IPython, NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Scikit-Learn, and other related tools.

Working scientists and data crunchers familiar with reading and writing Python code will find this comprehensive desk reference ideal for tackling day-to-day issues: manipulating, transforming, and cleaning data; visualizing different types of data; and using data to build statistical or machine learning models. Quite simply, this is the must-have reference for scientific computing in Python.

With this handbook, you’ll learn how to use:

  • IPython and Jupyter: provide computational environments for data scientists using Python
  • NumPy: includes the ndarray for efficient storage and manipulation of dense data arrays in Python
  • Pandas: features the DataFrame for efficient storage and manipulation of labeled/columnar data in Python
  • Matplotlib: includes capabilities for a flexible range of data visualizations in Python
  • Scikit-Learn: for efficient and clean Python implementations of the most important and established machine learning algorithms

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Jake VanderPlas is a long-time user and developer of the Python scientific stack. He currently works as an interdisciplinary research director at the University of Washington, conducts his own astronomy research, and spends time advising and consulting with local scientists from a wide range of fields.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ O'Reilly Media
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 3, 2017
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 548 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1491912057
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1491912058
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.9 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1.25 x 10 inches
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Customers find the book an excellent reference for data science, particularly for machine learning, and appreciate its easy-to-follow content and well-written style. The color printing receives mixed feedback, with one customer noting the figures are generated in color while others mention it's printed in black and white. While customers find the book extremely handy, some point out the lack of practical cases, and opinions on readability are divided.
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41 customers mention informative, 34 positive, 7 negative
Customers find the book informative, describing it as an excellent reference for data science and machine learning, with one customer noting it provides an understanding of essential concepts.
...The chapter provides a good overview of the scikit-learn API and effective patterns for machine learning problems.Read more
...the book is excellent and the contents are excellent, a great course with thorough and useful detail. but amazon's print of it is cheap and lazy.Read more
Good book overall. Pretty high level material and good for reference.Read more
Great for Learning.Read more
35 customers mention content, 26 positive, 9 negative
Customers find the book excellent and well-written, with one customer noting that every page is rich in information.
Great introductory book!Read more
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...Avoid wasting money or time on this garbage book. There are not even exercises to test your practice....Read more
awesome book...must readRead more
10 customers mention ease of use, 7 positive, 3 negative
Customers find the book easy to follow.
Well written, Easy to Follow, Adopts Python 3.Read more
...each chapter with well-designed examples that are easy to follow and understand....Read more
...However, it is a little bit easy and lack of practical cases.Read more
...The book is written with Jupyter Notebooks so it is easy to follow along and try code from the book in your own notebook.Read more
7 customers mention writing quality, 6 positive, 1 negative
Customers appreciate the writing quality of the book, with one customer noting that it is written with Jupyter Notebooks.
Well written, Easy to Follow, Adopts Python 3.Read more
Well written book. Poorly constructed. Absolutely no way you'll be able to lay this book even remotely flat open without it falling apartRead more
...It covers everything from Pandas, Matplotlib, and scikit-learn. I would highly recommend it for anyone that is new to Python and/or data science....Read more
Well-written and very helpfulRead more
6 customers mention color printing, 2 positive, 4 negative
Customers have mixed opinions about the color printing of the book, with several noting that the figures and plots are in black and white rather than color.
...book is great, however the 4 star rating is due to their being no color images.Read more
The figures were generated in color, but printed black and white, so they are often unintelligible....Read more
...this color book was printed in black and white, rendering many of the illustrations useless....Read more
...Everything is black and white. There are plots with different colors and since this book is grayscale, plots look nonsense to me....Read more
5 customers mention practicality, 3 positive, 2 negative
Customers have mixed opinions about the book's practicality, with some finding it extremely handy while others note a lack of practical cases.
I mean, it is extremely useful when it comes to access and undesrtandig basic python functions and librariesRead more
...However, it is a little bit easy and lack of practical cases.Read more
...science in python, every page is rich in information and provides practical use case, optimization tricks and adds new dimensions to your...Read more
Not a particularly useful book for someone not familiar with Python. The Index of the book is not helpful at all and needs A LOT of improvement.Read more
5 customers mention readability, 2 positive, 3 negative
Customers have mixed opinions about the readability of the book, with one finding it easy on the eyes while another mentions it feels like reading a dictionary.
...generated in color, but printed black and white, so they are often unintelligible....Read more
..."Python for Data Analysis " but because it uses Jupyter it's easy on the eyes to read....Read more
...I am 70 pages into this thing and feel like I'm reading a dictionary. Code is introduced with no clear explanation of how things work....Read more
...I found this one to be the most complete and concise of the lot. There are plenty of high quality and relevant examples.Read more
Intermediate book for reading.
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Intermediate book for reading.
Not as easy or straightforward as "Python for Data Analysis " but because it uses Jupyter it's easy on the eyes to read. Highly recommend going to Staples or Office Max and getting the book spiral bound.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2017
    I have used R for a few years and this was my first book that covered Python for data science. Even though it does not go into super great depth in any area, it is definitely a super book. It covers everything from Pandas, Matplotlib, and scikit-learn. I would highly recommend it for anyone that is new to Python and/or data science. The book is written with Jupyter Notebooks so it is easy to follow along and try code from the book in your own notebook.
    26 people found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2017
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    When I first received this book, I was surprised that it didn't get to scikit-learn until the last third of the book. The first third is about numpy and pandas, and the middle third is about matplotlib. Now that I've been applying it at work, however, I've found that the items covered in the first two thirds were really essential. I wouldn't be nearly as productive if I had just jumped straight to the sections on scikit-learn. The author does an excellent job covering broad terrain with enough detail that you are able to apply it to your problems. You will find yourself going back to use this book as a reference.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2017
    I am currently taking a Machine Learning course from Udacity and this book has proven to be a great reference guide for several projects and quizes. Although it does not go in depth in regards to machine learning (although almost half of the book is dedicated to it), it does give an understanding of essential concepts. For those interested in machine learning I would recommend bying "Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow" by Geron as well as this book.
    There is no one book for data science, and this one is no exception. Just keep that in mind before buying it.
    Other than that, I am really happy with my purchase.

    P.S. For those complaining about black and white graphs and diagrams - check the author's GitHub.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2019
    I've just finished this book. The author gives a well-written introduction into Machine-Learning with Python Scikit-Learn and illustrates each chapter with well-designed examples that are easy to follow and understand. I am very pleased with this book and can definitely recommend to everyone who is a beginner in the field and wants to quickly get hold on the practical approaches to ML.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2017
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    This is by far the best book out in market to get you started with using python for data science. You will need some basic understanding of python and machine learning to understand concepts here, but this book will definitely take you skill to next level.This is no-nonsense book and goes deep into stuff which are relevant and important to do data science in python, every page is rich in information and provides practical use case, optimization tricks and adds new dimensions to your understanding of topic.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2017
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    This is an excellent reference book for people working with data science. Remember, 80% of the effort in machine learning, data analysis or data science in general is about processing data and understanding data. This book is for that purpose and I think it's the best book out there about data processing, analysis and visualization using python. If you look for hardcore machine learning, go for other books. Highly recommended!
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  • Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2019
    Bought this book for two reasons:

    1. It's the best book I've found on data science related capabilities in Python, including great coverage of NumPy, Pandas, etc.

    2. The author has made this book available for free on the web - that generosity deserves to be supported.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2021
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    Not as easy or straightforward as "Python for Data Analysis " but because it uses Jupyter it's easy on the eyes to read. Highly recommend going to Staples or Office Max and getting the book spiral bound.
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    Not as easy or straightforward as "Python for Data Analysis " but because it uses Jupyter it's easy on the eyes to read. Highly recommend going to Staples or Office Max and getting the book spiral bound.
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  • Paul Kinsvater
    5.0 out of 5 stars Perfekt für Statistiker mit wenig Computer Science-Background
    Reviewed in Germany on March 4, 2017
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    Ich erkläre zunächst meinen eigenen Background und darauf aufbauend, was ich an anderen Python-Büchern/Tutorials vermisst habe:

    Ich bin promovierter Statistiker mit langjähriger Erfahrung in R und arbeite seit etwas mehr als 2 Jahren mit Linux. Shell-Skills (bash) sind zwar vorhanden, aber definitiv noch ausbaufähig. Ich stehe am Anfang einer Data Science-Karriere in der Industrie. Da Data Science nach meinem Verständnis aus Computer Science + Statistik + epsilon besteht und da ich einen starken Mathematik/Statistik-Background habe, möchte ich meine Programmier-Skills verbessern. Dazu gehört das Erlernen weiterer Programmiersprachen wie Python und C++.

    Mein Ziel: Lerne Datenanalyse in Python. Insbesondere NumPy, SciPy, Pandas und Matplotlib.

    Dies ist nicht mein erstes Python-Buch. Was mir an anderen Büchern/Onlinetutorien aufgefallen ist, dass diese oft auf Computer Scientists (Informatiker) zugeschnitten sind. Es war regelmäßig frustrierend, wenn kleine Details nicht erklärt wurden, die für Informatiker selbstverständlich sind.

    Das Buch "Python Data Science Handbook" ist anders. Es erklärt vieles, was für einen Nicht-Informatiker nicht selbstverständlich ist. Insbesondere ist das erste Kapitel wertvoll für einen Statistiker wie mich. Es erklärt detailliert, wie man mit ipython in einer Shell arbeitet.

    Fazit: Für Informatiker, die tiefes Verständnis für Python aufbauen wollen, sind andere Bücher empfehlenswert. Wenn man dagegen Grundkenntnisse in Python mitbringt und hauptsächlich an der Datenanalyse in Python interessiert ist, kann ich dieses Buch herzlichst empfehlen.
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  • Guillermo Martinez Dibene
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful
    Reviewed in Canada on November 23, 2020
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    This book contains introductions, tips and overview of the five more common Python packages for data science. It is clear, concise and quite fun to read. Only one down side, which is quite minor: some graphics needs colour. This is not a big deal because you can check the online version which available for free.
  • Amazon Customer
    2.0 out of 5 stars disappointed
    Reviewed in France on October 24, 2017
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    I really hoped that this would be better. There are a few errors that take a while to work out. Some of the key concepts are completely skipped over. Constantly find myself losing interest in the topics, which could flow a lot better. I had hoped for something like Hadleys book R for Data science, but this is far from it. Wouldn't bother buying.
  • Glen Hardingham
    4.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
    Reviewed in Australia on September 17, 2018
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    Has a lot of information to absorb. Read the whole thing to become a star in Python!!
  • Ana Isabel Bezerra Cavalcanti
    5.0 out of 5 stars Importante, principalmente para pesquisas futuras.
    Reviewed in Brazil on October 15, 2020
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    Atendeu às minhas expectativas atuais e será útil em trabalhos futuros.