Matplotlib is the de facto standard to create scientific plots when using Python.
animation.py: illustration of how to do animations with matplotlib, and convert them to a movie (e.g., WMA).distribution_plot.py: takes a file as input and plots the values as a histogram. Optionally, it can superimpose a specified theoretical distribution as well.function_plot.py: plots the amplitude of an ideal, damped pendulum. It illustrates how to plot multiple curves on the same plot, how to set axis labels, a title, and arbitrary annotation.heatmap_plot.py: illustrates how to plot a heatmap.ising.py: alternative way of creating a GIF movie for the Ising model describing the paramagnetic/ferromagnetic phase transition in the mean field approximation.surface_plot.py: illustrates how to plot 3D surface plots.