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With over a million users around the world, the Mathematica software system created by Stephen Wolfram has defined the direction of technical computing for the past decade. The enhanced text and hypertext processing and state-of-the-art numerical computation features ensure that Mathematica 4 takes scientific computing into the next century. New to this version: visual tour of key features, practical tutorial introduction, full descriptions of 1100 built-in functions, a thousand illustrative examples, easy-to-follow descriptive tables, essays highlighting key concepts, examples of data import and export, award-winning gallery of Mathematica graphics, gallery of mathematical typesetting, dictionary of 700 special characters, a complete guide to the MathLink API, notes on internal implementation, and an index with over 10,000 entries copublished with Wolfram Media.

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"...an amazing range of truly useful new features...the finest environment for technical computing and publication ever developed. It's simply the most impressive program I've seen in ten years of reviewing technical software." Macworld online

"...the most powerful computer algebra/graphics package...indispensable...This book makes learning the package a pleasure." IEE Review

"...a well-structured reference work...the examples are rich, relevant, and well laid out...This work continues to be a very handy, if heavy, guide to Mathematica both for the regular user and for the beginner. Any Mathematica-using organization needs this book on its shelves." Computing Reviews

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Indispensable reference manual, from the creator of Mathematica.

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With over a million users around the world, the Mathematica software system created by Stephen Wolfram has defined the direction of technical computing for the past decade. The enhanced text and hypertext processing and state-of-the-art numerical computation features will ensure that Mathematica 4, takes scientific computing into the next century.The Mathematica Book continues to be the definitive reference guide to this revolutionary software package and is released in this new edition to coincide with the release of the new version of Mathematica.The Mathematica Book is a must-have purchase for anyone who wants to understand the opportunities in science, technology, business, and education made possible by Mathematica 4. This encompasses a broad audience of scientists and mathematicians; engineers; computer professionals; financial analysts; medical researchers; and students at high-school, college, and graduate levels.Written by the creator of the system, The Mathematica Book includes both a tutorial introduction and complete reference information, and contains comprehensive description of how to take advantage of Mathematica's ability to solve myriad technical computing problems and its powerful graphical and typesetting capabilities.New to this version:* Major efficiency enhancements in handling large volumes of numerical data.* Internal packed array technology to make repetitive operations on large numerical datasets radically more efficient in speed and memory.*Improved algebraic computation facilities, including support for assumptions within Simplify, and related functions, and specification of domains for variables, as well as full support of symbolic Laplace, Fourier, and Z transforms.* Additional Mathematica functions, including Dirac Delta, Stuve, Harmonic numbers, etc.* Enhanced graphics and sound capabilities, including faster graphic generation and additional format support for graphics and sound.* Full-function spell checking including special technical dictionaries.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press; 4th edition (February 28, 1999)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 1496 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0521643147
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0521643146
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.65 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.54 x 2.87 x 9.45 inches

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Stephen Wolfram has had a unique trajectory in science, technology and business. Widely known for his discoveries in basic science and his groundbreaking 2002 book "A New Kind of Science," he has spent more than three decades building what is now Wolfram Language: the knowledge-based computer language that powers Mathematica and Wolfram|Alpha and has contributed to countless inventions and discoveries, as well as to the education of several generations of students.

Wolfram was born in London and educated at Eton, Oxford and Caltech, earning his PhD in physics in 1979 at the age of 20. After a brief but distinguished academic career, he founded Wolfram Research in 1987 and as CEO has built it into one of the world’s most respected and innovative software companies, whose products are relied on by millions of people around the world.

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Wolfram is one of the pioneers in mathematical modelling. ...

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2017

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Wolfram is one of the pioneers in mathematical modelling. His work is fascinating and this book is highly enlightening, albeit challenging to anyone but a professional mathematician. Nevertheless, one must be skeptical about accepting the outputs of models -- analytical math models or computation models -- until they have been verified empirically, a step that far too many modellers neglect. Far too many journal papers are filled with models whose outputs are presented as conclusions, rather than as what they really are: highly sophisticated hypotheses. What originally set science aside from philosophy was empirical verification. It is no less important now. (Stephen F. Stringham, PhD, ecologist)

Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2014

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This is Great. But little bit old. I think the author (Stephen Wolfram) should write a NEW EDDITION! Paper quality and quality of the cover is marvelous!

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Dan K.

An excellent book covering the basics of Mathematica

Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2022

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Was advertised as being ‘ like new.’ It was indeed.

Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2016

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Stephen Wolfram continues to do a great job .ad this work shows it.

Reviewed in the United States on October 25, 2016

It Meet expectations

The Mathematica Book V4

Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2013

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Pro:
1. Well written to go from the simple to detailed.
2. Good desk copy to supplement the pdf version.

Con:
1. Heavy

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Duane Williams

the definitive guide to the Mathematica software

Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2003

I bought the 2nd edition of this book back in the early 90s when a student edition of the software was available to me inexpensively for the Mac. The book was very helpful in learning how to use the Mathematica program. There are examples galore and many graphical illustrations. As other reviewers have said, the whole book comes online with the software and you can easily search it, but I liked having an offline copy too. The later versions are just extensions of earlier ones.
It is easy to learn how to do simple examples from the book. Suppose you want to plot the expression |x-y| + |x| + |y|. On page ix, before the book really begins, there is an example of the syntax to make a plot: Plot3D[ Sin[x y], {x,0,Pi}, {y,0,Pi} ]. In chapter 1 (p. 49) you learn that the absolute value is given by the Abs[x] function.
So, you can type Plot3D[ Abs[x-y] + Abs[x] + Abs[y], {x,-2,2}, {y,-2,2}] to get a nice 3D plot of this expression, with x and y in the range -2 to 2. If you want to see a plot where the value of the expression is <= 2, you can restrict the Z range of the plot, as illustrated in chapter 1 (p. 157), like this:
Plot3D[ Abs[x-y] + Abs[x] + Abs[y], {x,-2,2}, {y,-2,2}, PlotRange->{0,2} ].

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An essential guide for Mathematica users

Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2006

Mathematica can be a very daunting program for first time users. I remember when I first started using it back in 1997, and I was amazed with its power and conciseness. This is the best book on the subject and probably the only one you'll need by the author of the program himself. The book starts out with very simple concepts and builds on them to include just about anything you'd ever want to do with Mathematica, including the solution of indefinite integrals. The explanations are to the point, the examples are of sufficient complexity to demonstrate the features but not too complex, and the use of figures in the book is excellent. If you don't need the program's fancy graphics or sound capabilities, you won't have to suffer through inexplicable examples that use them. The author isolates the explanation of that portion of the program in its own chapters.

There is a fifth edition of this book, but it is out of print, and sellers are asking ridiculously high prices for copies. Since an electronic version of this book comes with every copy of Mathematica you should do fine with this earlier in-print version.

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vecchio testo ma ancora utile !

Reviewed in Italy on August 14, 2016

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consegna nei tempi. Libro acquistato usato ma in ottimo stato. Testo ottimo per la consultazione immediata delle varie funzioni di questo ottimo programma.

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J. Santos

Good not very good

Reviewed in Germany on January 24, 2014

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I am satisfied with the service, but the condition of the book is "good" not "very good" as was mentioned.

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