It is now much, much more than that. Besides the notebook (that allows you to mix python, images, math, etc... inside an html browser: http://ipython.org/ipytho

It is now much, much more than that. Besides the notebook (that allows you to mix python, images, math, etc... inside an html browser: http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/stable/_static/notebook_specgram.png http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/stable/_static/notebook_specg...), you get a powerful engine capable of distributing computation between different machines.