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by Michael Trott (Author) "Although prior Mathematica knowledge is not needed to read The Mathematica GuideBook to Programming, it is assumed that the reader is familiar with basic actions..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 904 pages
  • Publisher: Springer; annotated edition edition (17 Nov 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0387942823
  • ISBN-13: 978-0387942827
  • Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 18 x 5.3 cm
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"This volume is the first one in a series of four books on the Mathematica programming language. It is best suited for those who … want to learn the sophisticated tricks of the advanced programming and to use Mathematica up to its full capacity. … The book addresses many features of human-computer interaction. … This book is one of the most valuable sources for the advanced users of Mathematica. … all the science/engineering/computer science/mathematics libraries should have this book and its companion volumes." --Matti Vuorinen, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1080, 2006

"The Mathematica GuideBook for Programming provided this reviewer with insights into solving and visualizing problems by using Mathematica … . Its wealth of exercises, annotated solutions and integrated bibliographic references should make this set a valuable part of the library of any Mathematica user. I highly recommend it." --Marvin Schaefer, MathDL, August, 2006

"On the whole, the programming GuideBook provides a comprehensive, step-by-step development of Mathematica programming capabilities and contains an impressive collection of examples and worked exercises. Key Mathematica functions are discussed in detail, using interesting examples and put to the test in real programs. Through experimentation with the DVD, you will become fluent in working with Mathematica expressions, pure and named functions, and gain experience in procedural, rule based, and functional programming." --Willy Hereman, SIAM Review, Vol. 47 (4), 2005


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Mathematica is today s most advanced technical computing system. It features a rich programming environment, two-and three-dimensional graphics capabilities and hundreds of sophisticated, powerful programming and mathematical functions using state-of-the-art algorithms. Combined with a user-friendly interface, and a complete mathematical typesetting system, Mathematica offers an intuitive, easy-to-handle environment of great power and utility. The Mathematica Guidebook for Programming provides a comprehensive, step-by-step development of Mathematica programming capabilities and contains an enormous collection of examples and worked exercises. It guides the reader to become fluent in the structure of Mathematica expressions, expression evaluation, pure and named functions, and in procedural, rule-based, and functional programming constructs. Each Mathematica function is discussed in detail, explained in numerous examples, and put to work in real programs that are contained on the accompanying DVD. Unique Features: * Step-by-step presentation of Mathematica functions assuming no prior Mathematica programming experience * Clear organization, complete topic coverage, and an accessible writing style for both novices and experts * Detailed discussion of procedural, rule-based, and functional programming * Hundreds of worked examples, illustrations, programs, and fully worked self-study exercises for understanding concepts and learning how to solve real-life problems * Website for book with additional materials: http://www.MathematicaGuideBooks.org * Accompanying DVD containing all materials as an electronic book with complete, executable Mathematica versions 4 and 5 compatible code and programs, rendered color graphics, and animations Michael Trott is a symbolic computation and computer graphics expert. He holds a Ph.D. in theoretical physics and joined the R&D team at Wolfram Research in 1994, the creators of Mathematica. Since 1998, he has been leading development of the Wolfram Functions Site http://functions.wolfram.com, which currently features more that 80,000 formulas and identities, and thousands of visualizations.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Repeats a lot of The Mathemaitca Book by S. Wolfram., 5 April 2005
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I bought this to replace the old copy of "Programming Mathematica" by Roman Maeder that I have - my copy is dated 1990, and is based on version 1.2 of Mathematica. Maeder's book assumes you have some idea of how to use Mathematica, and does not cover really basic stuff, but teaches you how to write packages (programs).

But this book really teaches nothing about programming like Maeder's old book does. I guess it was my fault - the title suggested something quite different to what it is to me.

This book will, if you read it carefully, teach you a lot of Mathematica. But starts with exactly the same example as Steven Wolfram's The Mathematica Book (the standard reference).

In[1]:= 1+1
Out[1]= 2

Much of the book is just the same sort of thing you find in the standard book (and is online at Wolfram Research's web site and is built into the help browser). I did not really want this book to be told how to take the sine of Pi/8 or other such material that is covered in The Mathematica Book.

This book is part of a 4-volume set. I only have this part and I somewhat doubt I'll buy any more. The book is quite heavy, but is significantly more manageable than Wolfram's book, which really is a pain because of its sheer size.

One thing I found odd about this book was the references. The preface has 59 references. Chapter 1 has 1194 references! Nobody could accuse the author of plagiarism! The book mentions that it took 20 years for astronomers to work out the tragectory of the moon, then cites about 10-15 journal references. Who would care? If I was an astronomer than perhaps I would, but I would not buy a book on Mathematica to learn about astronomy. I really was left puzzled what all the references achieved. It has more references than any book, review paper or PhD thesis I have ever seen. Removing 90% of them would make no difference to the value of the book, but would make it a bit lighter, which would nice.

The author is said to be a computer graphics expert. I can well believe this, as there are a lot of graphics in the book. Shame they are not in colour, as I expect some are quite nice. But not much us to me.

The book assumes an engineering/physical sciences background, so if you don't have that, you might soon be quite lost.

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