In this episode, we hear from two sisters who put together a beginner's book about Python. The unique hook for their book is that one sister wrote the text while the other did the illustrations. Listen in as we learn about these incredible sisters and how they got into software programming, writing, and technical education.

You can check out their book, Python Illustrated, on Packt or Amazon.

Maaike is an Udemy instructor, and she also has courses on Pluralsight.

In this episode, we have special guest Paul Everitt on the show to talk about the new Python Documentary that came our last week. Paul is the head of developer advocacy at JetBrains and a “Python oldster”.

We chat about Python - the documentary, Paul’s start in programming as well as with Python, and much, much more!

Links

* Python: The Documentary

* Paul’s GitHub page

* Paul’s X account

* How Python Grew From a Language to a Community - The New Stack

In this episode, we have the honor of having Nicolas Rougier on our show. Nicolas is a researcher and team leader at the Institute of Neurodegenerative Diseases (Bordeaux, France).

We discuss how Nicolas utilizes computational models and neural networks in his research on the brain. We also talk about Nicolas’s history with Python, his work on Glumpy and VisPy, and much, much more!

Links

* Nicolas’s GitHub page

* Scientific Visualization: Python & Matplotlib, an open access book on scientific visualization.

* From Python to Numpy, an open access book on numerical computing

* Braincraft

* 100 Numpy Exercises is a collection of 100 numpy exercises, from easy to hard.