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> the preface claims that “You don’t need to know calculus or linear algebra. You don’t need any prior knowledge of statistics”.

Downey makes this statement because his premise is that if you know Python, you can use that knowledge to learn the concepts without the pure math approach.

For example, he will do iteration to calculate integrals rather than teaching integration. And he will plot statistical distributions using a Python library to explore and teach the statistical concepts.

He also has a book called “Think Statistics” that is excellent in this regard.