M. Shubhakanta completed his M.Sc. (Physics) from Jamia Millia Islamia University in 1996 and Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application in 2000. From 2000 to 2002 he was in Solid State Physics Laboratory, DRDO. During that time he designed simulation software for MMIC design and Modeling and Electron Beam Lithography. From 2002 to 2007 he worked as a Project Associate at Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. Since 2008, he has been associated with Department of Computer Science and Department of Physics, Manipur University. His expertise in Python is derived from online degree courses completed from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Rice University, and from teaching M.Sc. and MCA students.

• PrefaceAcknowledgements1. Introduction2. Identifiers and Data Types3. Operators and Expressions4. Managing Input and Output Operations5. Decision Making and Branching6. Decision Making and Looping7. Functions8. List9. Dictionaries10. Tuples11. Files12. Computational Physics– Application in Physical SystemsAppendix I: Objective Type QuestionsAppendix II: Descriptive Type QuestionsReferences

M. Shubhakanta completed his M.Sc. (Physics) from Jamia Millia Islamia University in 1996 and Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application in 2000. From 2000 to 2002 he was in Solid State Physics Laboratory, DRDO. During that time he designed simulation software for MMIC design and Modeling and Electron Beam Lithography. From 2002 to 2007 he worked as a Project Associate at Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. Since 2008, he has been associated with Department of Computer Science and Department of Physics, Manipur University. His expertise in Python is derived from online degree courses completed from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Rice University, and from teaching M.Sc. and MCA students.

• PrefaceAcknowledgements1. Introduction2. Identifiers and Data Types3. Operators and Expressions4. Managing Input and Output Operations5. Decision Making and Branching6. Decision Making and Looping7. Functions8. List9. Dictionaries10. Tuples11. Files12. Computational Physics– Application in Physical SystemsAppendix I: Objective Type QuestionsAppendix II: Descriptive Type QuestionsReferences

M. Shubhakanta completed his M.Sc. (Physics) from Jamia Millia Islamia University in 1996 and Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application in 2000. From 2000 to 2002 he was in Solid State Physics Laboratory, DRDO. During that time he designed simulation software for MMIC design and Modeling and Electron Beam Lithography. From 2002 to 2007 he worked as a Project Associate at Electrical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. Since 2008, he has been associated with Department of Computer Science and Department of Physics, Manipur University. His expertise in Python is derived from online degree courses completed from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Rice University, and from teaching M.Sc. and MCA students.

• PrefaceAcknowledgements1. Introduction2. Identifiers and Data Types3. Operators and Expressions4. Managing Input and Output Operations5. Decision Making and Branching6. Decision Making and Looping7. Functions8. List9. Dictionaries10. Tuples11. Files12. Computational Physics– Application in Physical SystemsAppendix I: Objective Type QuestionsAppendix II: Descriptive Type QuestionsReferences