Shai Vaingast - Beginning Python Visualization

Beginning Python Visualization

Crafting Visual Transformation Scripts

Second Edition

Shai Vaingast

Beginning Python Visualization

Copyright 2014 by Shai Vaingast

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This book is dedicated to my wife, Orna Vaingast.

Contents at a Glance

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About the Author

Shai Vaingast has been an engineer, an engineering manager, and a director of engineering since 1993. He has worked in the defense industry and in the medical device industry while being heavily involved with data processing and visualization. He has several patents.

About the Technical Reviewer

Leigh Sheneman is a Graduate Research Assistant in the BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action at Michigan State University. She has spent many years helping non-profit organizations develop interactive applications that focus on efficiency. Sheneman holds degrees from Texas A&M University and The University of Texas at Tyler. She blogs on a wide range of topics at .

Acknowledgments

Id like to thank the following individuals for their contributions to the first edition of the book (in alphabetical order): Shai Ayal, C.Titus Brown, Ehud Cohen, Bryan Crouse, Kylie Johnston, Michelle Lowman, Rich Lundeen, Frank Pohlmann, Ami Saguy, Sam Saguy, Janet Vaingast, Motty Vaingast, Orna Vaingast, and Arnon Zeira.