This mindset is the opposite of how we usually think about code. Literate programming allows users to formulate and describe their thoughts with prose, supplemented by mathematical equations, as they prepare to write code blocks. It excels at demonstration, research, and teaching objectives especially for science. This type of programming emphasizes a prose first approach where exposition with human-friendly text is punctuated with code blocks. Literate programming is a software development style pioneered by Stanford computer scientist, Donald Knuth. The reason for Jupyter's immense success is it excels in a form of programming called 'literate programming'. Here are a few examples of IPython Notebooks for science:

There are now Jupyter Notebooks on numerous topics in many scientific disciplines.

The scientific publication Nature recently featured an article on the benefits of Jupyter Notebooks for scientific research. One of the most significant advances in the scientific computing arena is underway with the explosion of interest in Jupyter (formerly, IPython) Notebook technology.

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