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Re:Python Data Science Handbook: Full Text in Jupyter Notebooks by FranzFerdiNaN on Monday March 04, 2019 @01:47AM (#19299290)
An incredibly critical review of McKinneys book can be found here: https://medium.com/dunder-data/python-for-data-analysis-a-cr...
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Re:Python Data Science Handbook: Full Text in Jupyter Notebooks by closed on Monday March 04, 2019 @09:37AM (#19301539)
Ah thanks for pointing out--I mostly agree with his posts (and his minimally sufficient pandas is a great one!), and it's definitely worth reading. A common quirk with a lot of the python DS books is them being "reference manuals".

(I'm a little concerned with the aggressive way he's come at Wes McKinney in posts and on twitter, considering Wes has given a lot of his time working on open source contributions)

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Re:Python Data Science Handbook: Full Text in Jupyter Notebooks by wodenokoto on Monday March 04, 2019 @06:08AM (#19300369)
I agree with that review. McKinneys book reads like a reference manual and an old one at that. I don't understand why it is recommended so often.
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