>>> dif = lambda s: [x-s[i] for i,x in enumerate(s[1:])]
>>> # or, dif = lambda s: [x-y for x,y in zip(s[1:],s)]
>>> difn = lambda s, n: difn(dif(s), n-1) if n else s

>>> s = [90, 47, 58, 29, 22, 32, 55, 5, 55, 73]
>>> difn(s, 0)
[90, 47, 58, 29, 22, 32, 55, 5, 55, 73]
>>> difn(s, 1)
[-43, 11, -29, -7, 10, 23, -50, 50, 18]
>>> difn(s, 2)
[54, -40, 22, 17, 13, -73, 100, -32]

>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> pprint( [difn(s, i) for i in xrange(10)] )
[[90, 47, 58, 29, 22, 32, 55, 5, 55, 73],
 [-43, 11, -29, -7, 10, 23, -50, 50, 18],
 [54, -40, 22, 17, 13, -73, 100, -32],
 [-94, 62, -5, -4, -86, 173, -132],
 [156, -67, 1, -82, 259, -305],
 [-223, 68, -83, 341, -564],
 [291, -151, 424, -905],
 [-442, 575, -1329],
 [1017, -1904],
 [-2921]]