Dive Into Data Science

Acknowledgments

Many people made valuable contributions to this book. Professional mentors and colleagues helped me learn Python and data science and business and how all three can be put together. Included among these mentors are Seshu Edala and Dr. Sundaram Narayanan. Friends, including Sheng Lee, Ben Brown, Ee Chien Chua, and Drew Durtschi, have given valuable advice and encouragement that helped me during the writing process. Alex Freed at No Starch Press was unbelievably helpful throughout the process. Christian Ritter provided excellent suggestions and corrections as the technical reviewer. Emma Tuckfield provided excellent help in the editing process. Jayesh Thorat helped prepare much of the code and data in Chapter 8. My dear grandma ...