Comp. Sci and python

[Seraphimsan]

So I emailed my professor about recommended readings for my introductory comp. sci. class. He told me I should google free online books on python as that is the language we will use in his class. My problem is I've found to many to choose. Anyone have a suggestion for a book to read on python for computer scientists?

[1yR4jE8b]

I learned Python from the online documentation on the official Python website, it's always up to date and has documentation for all of Python's new features as they are released. The only real challenge to learning Python is learning some of it's quirky (sometimes) syntax, everything else is just understanding programming logic instead. For example, if you can write a linked-list in C++ then you can for sure write one in Python, it's just the different syntax that's the issue.

I like to visit the "Project Euler" website for quick coding exercises for algorithms, just to keep my mind sharp and to try new programming languages.