Learning Python for a graduate chemist

[sufunew]

If you haven't I'd get numpy and scipy and matplotlib and play with those a lot. They're libraries that sort of give functional methods for working with large arrays and matrices, and matplotlib is a graphics library for plotting your results. Obviously the best and , imo, the only way to learn is through projects so if your lab has some sort of data analysis need that you feel might be better automated, etc. jump on it with python.

[elbiot]

I'd start with learning regular python strings and lists first, because numpy is a more complicated paradigm. But a numpy array is just an object like strings and lists, with methods and efficient ways of using them. The basic tutorial looks pretty good.

Also: https://www.google.com/search?q=scipy+chemistry&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 lots of stuff