---
product_id: 12408440
title: "Python for Biologists: A complete programming course for beginners"
price: "€ 78.51"
currency: EUR
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 13
url: https://www.desertcart.sk/products/12408440-python-for-biologists-a-complete-programming-course-for-beginners
store_origin: SK
region: Slovakia
---

# Python for Biologists: A complete programming course for beginners

**Price:** € 78.51
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Python for Biologists: A complete programming course for beginners
- **How much does it cost?** € 78.51 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sk](https://www.desertcart.sk/products/12408440-python-for-biologists-a-complete-programming-course-for-beginners)

## Best For

- Customers looking for quality international products

## Why This Product

- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Description

Python for Biologists: A complete programming course for beginners [Jones, Dr Martin] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Python for Biologists: A complete programming course for beginners

Review: Great resource for Bioinformaticians - This book is a great resource for Bioinformaticians, specialists that work with sequencing data, analysis, and visual. It was recommended to me but another (amazing) Bioinformatician that learned Bioinformatics from a computer science perspective. I am quite the opposite, learning Bioinformatics from a Biology perspective. I have some experience with python outside of Bioinformatics, but not actually using python for Bioinformatic related tasks. This book has been extremely helpful for helping me get down the basic tasks used in analyzing sequencing data. The book provides content on an introduction to python programming environment, printing and manipulating text, reading and writing files, lists and loops, writing your own functions, conditional tests, regular expressions, dictionaries, and input files and programs. The beginning of the chapters provides an overview of the content followed by short exercises that are actually very stimulating. I was drawn into the book after finishing chapter 2 exercises. There are also solutions, and the solutions are mind-blowing in the sense that the author doesn’t just give you the right answer, he explains the way to approach the questions and the logic behind answering sequencing questions using programming. Furthermore, the solutions are also insightful for understanding how to troubleshoot your own, and how to check it, which are essential to using python for biology.
Review: In Bio / Tech and want to learn coding? Get this book. - Excellent. Well written and organized. Only problem - it was TOO elementary; it really is for rank beginners (I am more "intermediate" level; should have read the description more closely ). I actually learned more "bio" then python. Good refresher anyway; I'll check out the "advanced" sequel book now I guess. If you are in the bio / bio-tech or related fields, and maybe know just a little coding but want to learn more and improve, and use a language that is very much used in science these days - this book is a worthy investment. It starts out detailing the fundamental syntax and structure of Python, using real world hypothetical examples that will be familiar to bio / chem / tech people, such as DNA sequence manipulations. It progresses from very simple code to progressively more advanced scripts, and in each case explaining well as it goes on. Chapters end with a concise review, examples and some practice problems - the best way to learn coding (or anything else). Highly recommend this. Cheers.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #221,928 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #105 in Computer Programming Languages #122 in Introductory & Beginning Programming #177 in Python Programming |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (129) |
| Dimensions  | 7.44 x 0.55 x 9.69 inches |
| Edition  | 1st |
| ISBN-10  | 1492346136 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1492346135 |
| Item Weight  | 1.05 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 244 pages |
| Publication date  | September 7, 2013 |
| Publisher  | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |

## Images

![Python for Biologists: A complete programming course for beginners - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51DT4QRDsqL.jpg)

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great resource for Bioinformaticians
*by C***. on May 31, 2021*

This book is a great resource for Bioinformaticians, specialists that work with sequencing data, analysis, and visual. It was recommended to me but another (amazing) Bioinformatician that learned Bioinformatics from a computer science perspective. I am quite the opposite, learning Bioinformatics from a Biology perspective. I have some experience with python outside of Bioinformatics, but not actually using python for Bioinformatic related tasks. This book has been extremely helpful for helping me get down the basic tasks used in analyzing sequencing data. The book provides content on an introduction to python programming environment, printing and manipulating text, reading and writing files, lists and loops, writing your own functions, conditional tests, regular expressions, dictionaries, and input files and programs. The beginning of the chapters provides an overview of the content followed by short exercises that are actually very stimulating. I was drawn into the book after finishing chapter 2 exercises. There are also solutions, and the solutions are mind-blowing in the sense that the author doesn’t just give you the right answer, he explains the way to approach the questions and the logic behind answering sequencing questions using programming. Furthermore, the solutions are also insightful for understanding how to troubleshoot your own, and how to check it, which are essential to using python for biology.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ In Bio / Tech and want to learn coding? Get this book.
*by L***K on March 7, 2017*

Excellent. Well written and organized. Only problem - it was TOO elementary; it really is for rank beginners (I am more "intermediate" level; should have read the description more closely <g>). I actually learned more "bio" then python. Good refresher anyway; I'll check out the "advanced" sequel book now I guess. If you are in the bio / bio-tech or related fields, and maybe know just a little coding but want to learn more and improve, and use a language that is very much used in science these days - this book is a worthy investment. It starts out detailing the fundamental syntax and structure of Python, using real world hypothetical examples that will be familiar to bio / chem / tech people, such as DNA sequence manipulations. It progresses from very simple code to progressively more advanced scripts, and in each case explaining well as it goes on. Chapters end with a concise review, examples and some practice problems - the best way to learn coding (or anything else). Highly recommend this. Cheers.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Life-changing
*by M***6 on January 15, 2015*

Great, great book. I think this is the perfect book for any biologist to who wants to start learning to code with Python. Right away the author has you writing programs that are actually useful for biologists (making a reverse-compliment of a dna strand, calculating A-T content, finding restriction enzyme sites, ect). I didn't know a command-line from a hole in the ground when I first opened up this book, and mere days later I was impressing my colleagues with my own DNA analysis programs. I actually have this book to thank for easing me into programming which is now something I do everyday as part of my profession.This book is definitely unique for biologists in that it has you learning some aspects of python that are useful for biological applications right away- techniques which are normally several chapters down the road in general programming books. That being said, if you want to get serious about coding, because this book doesn't go over all areas of python, you will be well-served by also getting a second general python programming introduction book that goes over stuff this book does not cover.

## Frequently Bought Together

- Python for Biologists: A complete programming course for beginners
- Advanced Python for Biologists
- Biological data exploration with Python, pandas and seaborn: Clean, filter, reshape and visualize complex biological datasets using the scientific Python stack

---

## Why Shop on Desertcart?

- 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016
- 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories
- 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price
- 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members)
- 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection
- ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews

**Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.sk/products/12408440-python-for-biologists-a-complete-programming-course-for-beginners](https://www.desertcart.sk/products/12408440-python-for-biologists-a-complete-programming-course-for-beginners)

---

*Product available on Desertcart Slovakia*
*Store origin: SK*
*Last updated: 2026-03-27*