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This book is the chess grandmaster way of learning Python. It offers you 127 unique and brand-new Python puzzles. Every puzzle points to gaps in your knowledge, challenges you to guess a solution, and then explains potential solutions, in an easy-to-understand manner: ~~~ # Here's one example puzzle: my_list = [1, 1, 1, 1] my_list[1::2] = [2, 3] print(my_list) # What's the output of this code snippet? ~~~ An easy, fun, and effective way of learning Python -- day after day -- in your COFFEE BREAK PYTHON! Here's what research says about puzzle-based learning: "Students who were quizzed after studying a short text could recall significantly more information than students who were asked to reread it" -- Karpicke, 2007, Elsevier Journal of Memory and Language Practice testing is scientifically proven to generate up to 44% better learning retention and efficiency. Simply put: quizzes and puzzles work! More than 100,000 Finxters and thousands of "Coffee Break Python" book customers have already successfully improved their skills with code puzzles. Learning does not happen in a linear and orderly manner. It's a probabilistic, chaotic, and iterative process of creating knowledge gaps in your brain -- and filling them with just the right information you need. That's the premise of the "Coffee Break Python" textbook series. What will you get out of the book? Improve your level of deep Python code understanding. Surprise your peers with your newly acquired code speed reading skills. Enjoy the small daily doses of intellectual challenges. A Finxter once called it "Sudoku for coders"!;) Improve your brain's working memory by hammering down the most important concepts. <