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This is the revised and expanded second edition of the hugely popular Numerical Recipes: the Art of Scientific Computing. The product of a unique collaboration among four leading scientists in academic research and industry, Numerical Recipes is a complete text and reference book on scientific computing. In a self-contained manner, it proceeds from mathematical and theoretical considerations to actual, practical computer routines. With over 100 new routines, bringing the total to well over 300, plus upgraded versions of many of the original routines, this new edition is the most practical, comprehensive handbook of scientific computing available today. The book retains the informal, easy-to-read style that made the first edition so popular, even while introducing some more advanced topics. It is an ideal textbook for scientists and engineers, and an indispensable reference for anyone who works in scientific computing. The second edition is available in FORTRAN, the quintessential language for numerical calculations, and in the increasingly popular C language.

Not simply a line-by-line translation of the FORTRAN routines, the C version takes advantage of many unique features of the C language, including dynamic memory allocation, modularization, pointer reference to matrices, structured programming, and much more.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   11 of 11 people found the following review helpful: The maths are OK but the code stinks, 26 Jun 2000 By A Customer This book provides a broad coverage of numerical methods to solve a similarly broad spectrum of real world problems. The anlysis is not deep, but concentrates on matching problems to potential solutions. My main criticism of the mathematical side is that it seldom covers the criteria that make some numerical methods inappropriate in certain situations. The major flaw in the book is the C code. It is woeful. The authors are, quite clearly, not C programmers at all. In fact, it looks like they are FORTRAN programmers who still cling to good old FORTRAN IV. When this FORTRAN coding style is allowed to be expressed in the freewheeling grammar of C the results prove to be monstrous. I would recommend that C programmers buy Numerical Recipes in FORTRAN and do their own translations into C. Those transalations could not be any worse than the code in this book.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   6 of 6 people found the following review helpful: Useful reference but the coding is reprehenisble, 12 Jan 2001 By A Customer Whilst the mathematics behind the book is undoubtedly useful, it is vitally important to understand the maths before using the methods presented in the text. An invaluable tool in the hands of the right people, and a weapon fatal to good science in the hands of the wrong people. Still, the text is suffiently advanced in its coverage to prevent most of the truely dangerous from using it. Additionally, it is a shame that the authors/publishers did not see fit to have the code written by someone with real skill in this area. The code samples within the text are unfortunately typical of scientists who learned a little of programming techniques, probably in the 1970s and early 1980s, and have not really upgraded their understanding since. Whilst the code is functional and does the minimum required of it, it sends shivers down the spine of those more used to modern code practices.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: Indispensable, 14 May 2003 By A Customer Every chapter is a concise, readable and informative introduction to, and overview of, a field of numerical computing. If you need to use numerical methods, without being an expert on them, 'Numerical Recipes' acts as an unusually helpful tutor. The concepts are well explained in a way that makes clear the motivation, the strengths and the potential weaknesses of each method. It helps that the authors offer opinions and experience as well as mathematics. The structure of the book is good - it is easy to find the chapter you want, and easy to read each chapter, or section, without having to cross-reference other sections (I hate it when textbooks do that). I often read this book to choose my method, then use another subroutine library for implementation.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this) › See all 13 customer reviews...		Most Recent Customer Reviews Invaluable resource for scietists Whether it's numerical algorithms or statistics, this book has most of them that I've needed to use in my work. Some of the comments by other reviewers are fair. Read more Published 11 months ago by T. Kaneko Comprehensive but lacking in substance Some years ago when I was looking for computer codes to solve a system of linear algebraic equations, I thought "Numerical Recipes" was good. I got the codes I wanted. Read more Published 15 months ago by Red Grob Recipes for mediocrity. Few books have harmed the practice of science as much as Numerical Recipes. The chapters on statistics, data analysis and signal treatment are unbelievably wrong and misleading... Read more Published on 16 April 2000 by gervais.leclerc@fundp.ac.be Excellent reference for all scientific programming I found this an excellent book for finding code for performing specific mathematics. As well as this it made an interesting read for general interest. Read more Published on 14 Dec 1999 by alistair@mcronald.com aman garg Excellent book for anybody who ever needs to use numerical methods Published on 17 Jun 1999 thanks for the link to the online version of the book I have now obtained the link to the online version of this book. I thank all those who kindly responded to my request! philip. Published on 24 May 1999 Undeniably enthralling. A must buy. This book is my `bible' of C. I especially recommend the section on `insertion tecniques' (referring to sorting algorithms). I sleep with it under my pillow. Read more Published on 16 Feb 1999 One of my favorite books I always enjoy browsing through this book. It has a wonderful combination of mathematical theory and sound practical implementation. Read more Published on 15 Feb 1999 Where's the online edition? Where's the reportedly free online edition? You reply to me at pmone@qis.net Published on 15 Feb 1999 A must for anyone in the field I have used the FORTRAN and C versions during the last 15 years. I have learned from this book almost I know in this field and found littles use in other books in the field. Read more Published on 3 Dec 1998 Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews › See all 13 customer reviews...