Mathematica by Example, Fifth Edition (美國原版)

Mathematica by Example, Fifth Edition is an essential desk reference for the beginning Mathematica user, providing step-by-step instructions on achieving results from this powerful software tool. The book fully accounts for the dramatic changes to functionality and visualization capabilities in the most recent version of Mathematica (10.4). It accommodates the full array of new extensions in the types of data and problems that Mathematica can immediately handle, including cloud services and systems, geographic and geometric computation, dynamic visualization, interactive applications and other improvements. It is an ideal text for scientific students, researchers and aspiring programmers seeking further understanding of Mathematica.

Written by seasoned practitioners with a view to practical implementation and problem-solving, the book's pedagogy is delivered clearly and without jargon using representative biological, physical and engineering problems. Code is provided on an ancillary website to support the use of Mathematica across diverse applications.

• Provides a clear organization, integrated topic coverage, and accessible exposition for novices
• Includes step-by-step instructions for the most popular implementations
• Contains new applications, exercises and examples from a variety of fields, including biology, physics and engineering
• Supported by a website providing Mathematica code derived from examples in the book

《Mathematica by Example, Fifth Edition》是初學者的必備桌上參考書，提供了使用這個強大軟體工具獲得結果的逐步指導。該書完全考慮到了最新版本Mathematica（10.4）在功能和可視化能力方面的巨大變化。它包含了Mathematica可以立即處理的各種新擴展，包括雲服務和系統、地理和幾何計算、動態可視化、交互應用和其他改進。這是一本理想的教材，適合科學學生、研究人員和有志於成為程序員的人進一步了解Mathematica。

本書由經驗豐富的實踐者撰寫，以實際實施和解決問題為目標，使用具有代表性的生物學、物理學和工程學問題，清晰地傳達教學內容，不使用行話。附帶網站提供了支持Mathematica在各種應用中使用的程式碼。

本書特點包括：
- 提供清晰的組織、整合的主題覆蓋範圍和易於理解的解釋，適合初學者。
- 包含最受歡迎的實現的逐步指導。
- 包含來自生物學、物理學和工程學等各個領域的新應用、練習和例子。
- 附帶網站提供了從書中例子中獲得的Mathematica程式碼的支持。