title: The reading list for scientific programmer
body: <p>I am working to become a scientific programmer. I have enough background in Math and Stat but rather lacking on programming background. I found it very hard to learn how to use a language for scientific programming because most of the reference for SP are close to trivial.  </p>
  
  <p>My work involves statistical/financial modelling and none with physics model. Currently, I use Python extensively with numpy and scipy. Done R/Mathematica. I know enough C/C++ to read code. No experience in Fortran. </p>
  
  <p>I dont know if this is a good list of language for a scientific programmer. If this is, what is a good reading list for learning the <em>syntax</em> and <em>design pattern</em> of these languages in scientific settings. </p>