Impractical Python Projects is a collection of fun and educational projects designed to
entertain programmers while enhancing their Python skills. It picks up where the complete
beginner books leave off expanding on existing concepts and introducing new tools that you'll
use every day. And to keep things interesting each project includes a zany twist featuring
historical incidents pop culture references and literary allusions. You'll flex your
problem-solving skills and employ Python's many useful libraries to do things like: - Help
James Bond crack a high-tech safe with a hill-climbing algorithm - Write haiku poems using
Markov Chain Analysis - Use genetic algorithms to breed a race of gigantic rats - Crack the
world's most successful military cipher using cryptanalysis - Derive the anagram I am Lord
Voldemort using linguistical sieves - Plan your parents' secure retirement with Monte Carlo
simulation - Save the sorceress Zatanna from a stabby death using palingrams - Model the Milky
Way and calculate our odds of detecting alien civilizations - Help the world's smartest woman
win the Monty Hall problem argument - Reveal Jupiter's Great Red Spot using optical stacking -
Save the head of Mary Queen of Scots with steganography - Foil corporate security with
invisible electronic ink Simulate volcanoes map Mars and more all while gaining valuable
experience using free modules like Tkinter matplotlib Cprofile Pylint Pygame Pillow and
Python-Docx. Whether you're looking to pick up some new Python skills or just need a pick-me-up
you'll find endless educational geeky fun with Impractical Python Projects.
