Teaching with the IPython Notebook

I have been teaching introductory Python for modelling and simulation and for scientific computing for a couple of years now. I am still somewhat new to Python myself, having “converted” from Matlab a couple of years ago. I find the open approach of using free and open source software instead of expensive proprietary software very motivating and I was easily talked into using it by my colleagues and quickly decided to base my teaching on it as well.

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