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Article #1067Books on Mathematica (was Re: Novice asks for symbolic math suggestions...)
From: Anthony E. Siegman
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 05:09
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 05:09
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From two previous posts:
> If you opt for Mathematica, the essential book is "Mathematica Quick
> Reference, Version 2" by Nancy Blachman which summarizes all of the
> commands and their options.
...unless you're over 50, in which case your eyesight probably
won't be able to cope with the miniscule typefaces. :)
>I got by ok with just the Mathematica textbook that comes with
>Mathematica, but you probably have to be an experienced programmer to
>understand it.
From my experience, if you're a novice to moderately experienced
Mathematica user you'll find Nancy Blachman's "Mathematica: A
Practical Approach" (Prentice-Hall, 1992) very helpful and useful.
Roman Maeder's "Programming in Mathematica", 2nd ed (Addison-Wesley,
1991) is more esoteric and less useful to the beginner, but you can
find some more advanced tricks and topics in it. Get Blachman.
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