Re: Book recommendation for
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- Subject: [mg9754] Re: Book recommendation for
- From: charles.bouldin at nist.gov (Charles Bouldin)
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 00:06:58 -0500
- Organization: NIST
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
In article <653dda$6sf at smc.vnet.net>, merx at pc.chemie.tu-darmstadt.de (Hendrik Merx) wrote: > In article <64e8eh$qgr at smc.vnet.net>, Peter > <psalzman at landau.ucdavis.edu> wrote: > > > Mathematica is one of the best programs around, and wri, IMHO, is the > > single best company in terms of customer support and satisfaction. > > I don't think that a company that charges the upgrade price for a bug > fix is the single best company in terms of customer support. > > That said, I recommend the book by Shaw and Tigg, although it covers > only Version 2 it gets you up and running quickly. I agree completely. I am really hoping for a 2nd edition of Shaw and Tigg; the best single book about Mathematica in my opinion. The fun thing about it is that the advanced examples are really interesting and showcase the power of Mathematica as well as anything I have seen. -- Charles Bouldin