Engineering with Excel (2nd Edition) (ESource Series) [Paperback]

Ronald W. Larsen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 20, 2004 | ISBN-10: 0131475118 | ISBN-13: 978-0131475113 | Edition: 2

For Freshman or Introductory courses in Engineering and Computer Science. ESource--Prentice Hall's Engineering Source--provides a comprehensive, customizable introductory engineering and computing library. Featuring over 25 modules and growing, ESource allows professors to fully customize their textbooks through the ESource website. Professors are not only able to pick and choose complete modules, but also custom-build a freshman engineering text that matches their content needs and course organization exactly! Using the ESource online BookBuild system at www.prenhall.com/esource, they can view and select book chapters, change the sequence, instantly calculate the book's net (bookstore) price, request a free examination copy, and generate an ISBN for placing a bookstore order. They can also add your own course notes, syllabi, reference charts, or other favorite materials, including material from third-party publishers. ESource Access Card: 0-13-090400-7. Include this ISBN when setting up an ESource Bundle.

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From the Back Cover

This extensive book thoroughly covering the application of Excel to Engineering, includes many engineering-oriented examples and problems from a variety of disciplines. Covers Excel from the basics to its relation to financial calculation; matrix math; statistics; data fitting and interpolation; iterative methods; programming; integration & differentiation; and working with other programs. This book is suitable as a complete engineering reference to excel for those who want to learn to apply Excel to engineering problems. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Ron Larsen is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Montana State University, and received his Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University. He was initially attracted to engineering by the challenges the profession offers, but also appreciates that engineering is a serving profession. Some of the greatest challenges he has faced while teaching have involved non-traditional teaching methods, including evening courses for practicing engineers and teaching through an interpreter at the Mongolian National University. These experiences have provided tremendous opportunities to learn new ways to communicate technical material. Dr. Larsen views modern software as one of the new tools that will radically alter the way engineers work, and his book Introduction to MathCAD was written to help young engineers prepare to meet the challenges of an ever-changing workplace.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 576 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (August 20, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131475118
• ISBN-13: 978-0131475113
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,109,511 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More Excel Stuff . . . Yea!, June 26, 2011

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This review is from: Engineering with Excel (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

This is one of the VBA books that were recommended to me by my Computer Science professor. I will be starting an internship in the fall and need to know VBA and VBS to write some of the code. This is a great book . . . not that I am all that good with engineering formulas, but some of the tips and tricks it gives for writing code and creating macros is very helpful. My daughter, an Environmental Engineering student, is also looking through the book and picking up tips on how to set up her spreadsheets more efficiently and how to create unique math macros. Very good book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Engineer, January 18, 2011

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This review is from: Engineering with Excel (3rd Edition) (Paperback)

Good text book and desk reference for engineers. Used the previous edition and look forward to using this one this semester.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Average textbook, December 5, 2008

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This review is from: Engineering with Excel (2nd Edition) (ESource Series) (Paperback)

I used this for a beginning mechanical engineering class. It is written by a professor at my school. The book was adequate, although my school had the brilliance to upgrade all the computers to Excel 2007 and not get a different book. It is not very useful with 2007, but was fine with Open Office Calc for everything but curve fits and was great with Excel 2000-2003. It's generally a pretty good way to learn how to use excel better if you're familiar with the basics. (Although it leaves out a few things-it never covers 3-D plots, which Excel is capable of)