This book does not cover some aspects of scientific computing with Python. For instance, Cython and Numba aren’t discussed, and there’s no mention of cross-integration with other scientific ...

Stefanie Molin's new book, “Hands-On Data Analysis with Pandas" is about using the powerful pandas library to get started with machine learning in Python.

People used Python but the main thing you need is SciPy. Or at the VERY least, Pandas. Beyond that, it's whatever.