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Re:Ask HN:Friend is math/algorithmic genius, wants to learn ... by ColinWright on Thursday December 05, 2013 @10:32AM (#6854848)
Learn Python the Hard Way: http://learnpythonthehardway.org/

You can download it and run it off-line. It concentrates initially on drilling simple things so that later it you can release your mind to work on real problems, and not constantly trip over the trivial.

Seems a great place to start.

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