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Travis Oliphant: NumPy, SciPy, Anaconda, Python & Scientific Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #224

Travis Oliphant: NumPy, SciPy, Anaconda, Python & Scientific Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #224

Recommended on this episode

BookRecommendedISBN verified

Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth

Ludwig von Mises

“a pre-order paper in 1920 that still should be read more than it is”
“he wrote a pre-order paper in 1920 that still should be read more than it is it's got i mean it was the economic calculation problem of the socialist commonwealth”— Travis Oliphant

The guest's own work

BookBy the guestISBN verified

Guide to NumPy

Travis Oliphant

“so i wrote a book and i said i'm going to write a book and i'm going to charge for it it was called guide to numpy”— Travis Oliphant

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

ProductReferenced

Atari 800

Atari (inferred)

“just a simple uh loop in basic basic basic on an atari 800 atari 400 i think or maybe there's an atari 800”— Travis Oliphant
ProductReferenced

Timex Sinclair

Timex Sinclair (inferred)

“my dad got us a t a timex sinclair and uh he was excited about the spreadsheet capability”— Travis Oliphant
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TI-99/4A

Texas Instruments (inferred)

“then we got a ti-99 ti-994a when i was about 12 and i would just it had sprites and graphics and music”— Travis Oliphant
BookReferencedISBN verified

The Wealth of Nations

Adam Smith

“they were the inheritors adam smith but adam smith for the first time right which is the wealth of nations”— Travis Oliphant
ProductReferenced

MATLAB

MathWorks (inferred)

“i remember being driven by you know i like matlab but i didn't like the fact that like so i'm not opposed proprietary software”— Travis Oliphant