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Excel Scientific & Engineering Cookbook
Given the improved analytical capabilities of Excel,
scientists and engineers everywhere are using it--instead of
FORTRAN--to solve problems. And why not? Excel is
installed on millions of computers, features a rich set of
built-in analyses tools, and includes an integrated Visual
Basic for Applications (VBA) programming
language. No
wonder it's today's computing tool of choice.
Chances are you already use Excel to perform some fairly
routine calculations. Now the Excel Scientific and
Engineering Cookbook shows you how to leverage Excel to
perform more complex calculations, too, calculations that
once fell in the domain of specialized tools. It does so by
putting a smorgasbord of data analysis techniques right at
your fingertips. The book shows how to perform these useful
tasks and others:
Use Excel and VBA in general
Import data from a variety of sources
Analyze data
Perform calculations
Visualize the results for interpretation and presentation
Use Excel to solve specific science and engineering problems
Wherever possible, the Excel Scientific and Engineering
Cookbook draws on real-world examples from a range of
scientific disciplines such as biology, chemistry, and
physics. This way, you'll be better prepared to solve the
problems you face in your everyday scientific or engineering
tasks.
High on practicality and low on theory, this quick, look-up
reference provides instant solutions, or "recipes," to
problems both basic and advanced. And like other books in
O'Reilly's popular Cookbook format, each recipe also
includes a discussion on how and why it works. As a result,
you can take comfort in knowing that complete, practical
answers are a mere page-flip away.
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