''—that this piece we have now before us, which this worthy gentleman has in his hands, not only is no barber's basin, but is as far from being one as white is from black, and truth from falsehood; I say, moreover, that this, although it is a helmet, is not a complete helmet.''
''The Golden Helmet'' is a 32-page funny animal comic book adventure story written, drawn, and lettered by Carl Barks.
re: f2py. todo: it might be useful to learn Fortran some of these days…
Haataja, Rahola, Ruokolainen: Fortran 95/2003. (4th ed.) CSC 2007. Comprehensive looking book.
12.010 Computational Methods course at ocw.mit.edu. Also C, Matlab, Mathematica