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Python
The official python web site is at www.python.org. You can download python from this site and you will find links to the documentation there.
CodeLab
Go here to register for and log into CodeLab. To register you need a section access code, which I will give you in class.
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Other Python Libraries
We will use some Python libraries that are not included with the basic Python installation.
^ TopTextbooks
Starting Out with Python
by Tony Gaddis, Addison-Wesley, 2008.
Amazon.
Also available as an online book from CourseSmart. This is the required text for this class.
Another good introductory textbook about programming with python is Think Python: An Introduction to Software Design. You can read it online, download a pdf version, or buy a bound copy.
^ TopOther Material
Other readings and video clips will be made available here throughout the course.
- Computing Machinery and Intelligence by Alan Turing (October 1950). Mind LIX (236): 433–460. If you google the title, you can also find other html versions online.
- Is the Brain's Mind a Computer Program? by John Searle (1990). Scientific American, January 1990, 26-31.
- They're made out of meat by Terry Bisson (1990). Appeared in OMNI magazine, April 1991.