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Re: Mathematica Book / CD-ROM

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From: Hal.Varian
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 15:39
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In article <1992Oct8.151054.28897@uni-paderborn.de> huhr@uni-paderborn.de  
(Holger Uhr) writes:
> 
> Hello Folks!
> 
> Our CD-Drive / NeXTstep-3.0 bundle arrived last week.
> But what use is a CD-Drive without some more CD-ROMs?
> 
> So I want to know:
> 
> - Has somebody read the book 'Exploring Mathematics with Mathematica'
>   by Theodore W. Gray and Jerry Glynn (Addison-Wesley), which comes with 
>   a CD-ROM included?

Yes.
 
> - Does the CD-ROM work properly with the NeXT CD-Drive?

Yes.

> - How many MB are used on the CD-ROM and by what kind of data?

There are Mathematica Notebooks and sounds.  I never checked the size.
 
> - Is the book easy to read and understand?

It's a very good book.

> - And at last: What other good books about Mathematica do you know?

Well I'm editing a book entitled "Economic and Financial Modeling with  
Mathematica", to be published by Springer-Verlag/TELOS in a couple of 
months.  ISBN number is 0-387-97882-8.  I think it is pretty good.
--
Hal.Varian@umich.edu    Hal Varian
voice: 313-764-2364     Dept of Economics
fax:   313-764-2364     Univ of Michigan
                        Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1220
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