[Edu-sig] Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python book now on Amazon

[Maria Droujkova]

This Spring, we used Al's book for six weeks of a homeschool "Physics and
Modeling" class. I am extremely happy with the book.

Students really, really liked the book! Here are a few of their applets:
http://physicsmathmodeling.wikispaces.com/Our+Python+program+gallery

They said the book was easy to use, fun, and supported independent
exploration. I very much appreciated having this great resource available.

Thank you very much, Al!

Cheers,
Maria Droujkova
http://www.naturalmath.com

Make math your own, to make your own math.




On Wed, May 19, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Albert Sweigart <asweigart at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hello everyone. I've written a book called "Invent Your Own Computer
> Games with Python" which is freely available under a Creative Commons
> license at http://inventwithpython.com The print version is now also
> available on Amazon.com at
> http://www.amazon.com/Invent-Your-Computer-Games-Python/dp/0982106017/
>
> Unlike many other programming books which cover programming concepts
> and principles without concrete examples, each chapter in "Invent with
> Python" features the complete source code for a small game (Guess the
> Number, Tic Tac Toe, Hangman, Encryption, Othello, etc.) and then
> explains the code line by line, covering programming concepts as they
> are used. This is similar to the old source code listings in Byte
> magazine and other books on BASIC.
>
> The online html and pdf versions are free and unabridged. The print
> version is $25 and qualifies for free shipping. (I wanted to make the
> book as affordable as possible, especially compared to other
> programming books.) If you know of an educational institute or
> nonprofit that would like to make a bulk purchase, I can lower the
> price to about $7 a copy (plus shipping).
>
> I'm always open to questions and criticisms, or if anyone knows of
> teachers or after-school computer clubs that could make use of this
> book.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Al Sweigart
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