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Summary: The best book on Mathematica.
Review: Forget Stephan Wolfram's book "Mathematica" -- Ruskeepaa's Mathematica Navigator is the indispensible book on your desk next to the computer when using Mathematica.
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Summary: The best book on Mathematica.
Review: Forget Stephan Wolfram's book "Mathematica" -- Ruskeepaa's Mathematica Navigator is the indispensible book on your desk next to the computer when using Mathematica.
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Summary: The best book on Mathematica.
Review: Forget Stephan Wolfram's book "Mathematica" -- Ruskeepaa's Mathematica Navigator is the indispensible book on your desk next to the computer when using Mathematica.
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Summary: The best book on Mathematica and Applied Mathematics
Review: I have many books on Mathematica and use Mathematica a lot to do both symbolic and numerical calcualtions. This book is the best I have seen. I would recommend it to anyone using Mathematica for serious symbolic or computational work. If you are looking for a book about applied mathematics and numerical methods with Mathematica this is the one. The treatment of the graphical capabilities of Mathematica is complete and very useful. The only minor criticism I would have for this book is that it has no unsolved exercises and problems. However the examples presented are excellent. I have the highest regard for the author of this book. He has produced a superb piece of work!
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Summary: Good coverage of Mathematica applied over several fields
Review: I have several books covering Mathematica. Ruskeepaa's book is the one I turn to most often. Of specific interest to me is its coverage of Mathemtica applied to problems in optimizaion and statistics.
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Summary: Great introduction, great reference
Review: I started learning Mathematica with this book, and it got me up and running quickly. Concepts are presented in order (if a technique is used that hasn't been introduced yet, the reference to later in the book is always included). Explanations are clear. Multiple examples are included for more difficult concepts.What's more, it's a great reference... A good index and appropriate references are provided. I really couldn't fault this book in any way.
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Summary: Mathematica Navigator
Review: Outstanding book for Mathematica. Ruskeepaa does an outstanding job of coherently, and logically explaining how to use Mathematica in a straight forward way. If there was only one book to buy to learn Mathematica this should be the one.
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Summary: Mathematica Navigator
Review: Outstanding book for Mathematica. Ruskeepaa does an outstanding job of coherently, and logically explaining how to use Mathematica in a straight forward way. If there was only one book to buy to learn Mathematica this should be the one.
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Summary: Got Mathematica? Buy This Book NOW!
Review: The positive reviews were right on the money, this book is the best! It allowed me to start using Mathematica with ease, compared to the many hours of past frustration while working on optimizations. I fought endlessly, struggling to decipher the software's baroque navigation, cryptic errors, hostility to the user which borders on abuse - but now Mathematica and I are becoming great friends thanks to Heikki Ruskeepaa's wonderful tome. THANK YOU FOR WRITING THIS BOOK!!! Of particular benefit is the guidance s/he provides for best practices in formatting cells to avoid common, productivity-killing pitfalls.
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Summary: Got Mathematica? Buy This Book NOW!
Review: The positive reviews were right on the money, this book is the best! It allowed me to start using Mathematica with ease, compared to the many hours of past frustration while working on optimizations. I fought endlessly, struggling to decipher the software's baroque navigation, cryptic errors, hostility to the user which borders on abuse - but now Mathematica and I are becoming great friends thanks to Heikki Ruskeepaa's wonderful tome. THANK YOU FOR WRITING THIS BOOK!!! Of particular benefit is the guidance s/he provides for best practices in formatting cells to avoid common, productivity-killing pitfalls.
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