Introduction

1. Introduction#

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What is Data Science? Data Science is a very broad field that uses mathematics and computational techniques to derive meaning from data. Foundations of Data Science with Python introduces readers to the most fundamental mathematics and computational tools used in Data Science. Chapter 1 of this book:

  • introduces the reader to the field of Data Science,

  • explains what topics are and covered in this book and what topics are not covered in this book, and

  • explains why this book uses Jupyter and Python and provides an introduction to these tools.

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