Re: Book recommendation for engineers
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg9622] Re: Book recommendation for engineers
- From: tharter at nswc.navy.mil (Terry Harter)
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 21:40:02 -0500
- Organization: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Van Graves wrote;
>I'm a new Mathematica user and am looking for a good Mathematica 3.0
>tutorial/reference book geared toward engineering. I've been using the
>Kaufmann book "Mathematica as a Tool", which seems to be pretty good,
>although not written for 3.0. I am specifically interested in
>"Mathematica for Scientists and Engineers" by Bahder. I haven't seen
>this one in local/university bookstores and was wondering if anyone who
>has used it would care to give an opinion. Any other recommendations
>would also be appreciated.
Bahder's book is excellent and I recoomend it highly. He gives practical
realistic answers and methods of doing things, many of which I've not seen
anywhere else. (IMHO)
Dr. Terry Harter
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NSWC-DD