Python source code: plot_contour_ex.py

import numpy as np

def f(x,y):
    return (1 - x / 2 + x**5 + y**3) * np.exp(-x**2 -y**2)

n = 256
x = np.linspace(-3, 3, n)
y = np.linspace(-3, 3, n)
X,Y = np.meshgrid(x, y)

pl.axes([0.025, 0.025, 0.95, 0.95])

pl.contourf(X, Y, f(X, Y), 8, alpha=.75, cmap=pl.cm.hot)
C = pl.contour(X, Y, f(X, Y), 8, colors='black', linewidth=.5)
pl.clabel(C, inline=1, fontsize=10)

pl.xticks(())
pl.yticks(())
pl.show()