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Re: Re: best book to quickly master all Mathematica functions, and commands

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  • Subject: [mg93352] Re: [mg93314] Re: best book to quickly master all Mathematica functions, and commands
  • From: János Löbb <janos.lobb at yale.edu>
  • Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 06:20:52 -0500 (EST)
  • References: <200810310804.DAA10486@smc.vnet.net> <gejj2e$2ku$1@smc.vnet.net> <200811031029.FAA05271@smc.vnet.net>

On Nov 3, 2008, at 5:29 AM, AES wrote:

> In article <gejj2e$2ku$1 at smc.vnet.net>,
> "Mauricio Esteban Cuak" <cuak2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I agree with Mr. Osterhoudt; Mathematica Navigator is a good 
>> book...clear
>> and nice-looking (if I'm going to spend a lot of time looking at a 
>> book, it
>> can't be ugly, but that's just me).Another suggestion:
>>
>> http://library.wolfram.com/infocenter/MathSource/1847/
>>
>> This is an introductory programming course for mathematica,
>
> . . .  dated 2001 (if the file dates on the site are correct, anyway)

I found even among Wolfram's late 1980 and early 1990 articles some 
good info that I could use to learn Mathematica although at that time 
the language he used was not called by this name :)

If someone wants to learn even a bad book is more valuable than a good 
nothing :)

J=E1nos=


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