Re: Books - tutorials / reference guides
- Subject: [mg3272] Re: Books - tutorials / reference guides
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- Date: 23 Feb 1996 10:37:52 -0600
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In article <4gbvtv$mqo at dragonfly.wolfram.com> ianc at wolfram.com (Ian Collier) writes: >From: ianc at wolfram.com (Ian Collier) To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net >Subject: Re: Books - tutorials / reference guides >Date: 20 Feb 1996 08:14:55 GMT >In article <4g6je9$94i at dragonfly.wolfram.com>, Andrew Murray ><AMurray at ngmint.demon.co.uk> wrote: >> Is there anywhere I can get information on tutorials / reference guides >> for Mathematica, or are there any books anyone would recommend? >> >There are over 100 books published about Mathematica. >One of my personal favourites is "Mathematica: A Practical >Approach" by Nancy Blachman. Excellent if you are just starting out, but not that good for any non trival problems. IMO the best way to learn about Mathematica is: Unwrap Mathematica, work through Nancy's book cover to cover and sell the book >Nancy Blachman: Mathematica: Quick Reference, Version 2 That's essentially the reference section of "The Mathematica Book", but in a real niffty format (a small ringbook you should keep on your desk at all times). >William T. Shaw and Jason Tigg: Applied Mathematica: Getting Started, >Getting It Done If you are a scientist, you really shouldn't be without it, lots of great tips and nontrival tutorials (MathLink, maximum entropy reconstruction, DSP etc.). It's not a good first book, but you really should make it your second. I don't know all of the other ones Ian mentioned, some of them might be good, I know some of them are not IMO, but won't name them here;-) Lars Hohmuth Sektion NMR Uni Ulm