Python is one of the most widely used programming languages in research and science. How did it come to that. And what makes Python special? It's something I discuss with my guest in this episode, Robin Wilson, who also takes us through some of the less favourable or more complex aspects of the language. Links http://www.rtwilson.com Robert Wilson https://blog.rtwilson.com Robert's blog posts https://www.python.org https://anaconda.org Anaconda Python distribution https://jupyter.org all things Jupyter https://ipython.org iPython https://inference-review.com/article/the-origins-of-python https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literate_programming Python libraries for science https://numpy.org https://scipy.org https://pandas.pydata.org https://scikit-learn.org/stable/ Don't be shy - say Hi This podcast is brought to you by the Advanced Research Computing Centre of the University College London, UK. Producer and Host: Peter Schmidt
