Python and R for the Modern Data Scientist: The Best of Both Worlds

This book aims at data scientists at the intermediate stage of their careers. As such, it doesn't attempt to teach data science. Nonetheless, early-career data scientists will also benefit from this book by learning what's possible in a modern data science context before committing to any topic, tool, or language.

Our goal is to bridge the gap between the Python and R communities. We want to move away from a tribal, “us versus them” mentality and toward a unified, productive community. Thus, this book is for those data scientists who see the benefit of expanding their skill set and thereby their perspectives and the value that their work can add to all variety of data science projects.

It's negligent to ignore the powerful tools available to us. We strive to be open to new, productive ways of achieving our programming goals and encourage our colleagues to get out of their comfort zone.