FORTRAN 90 for Scientists and Engineers [Paperback]

Brian Hahn (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 21, 1994 | ISBN-10: 0340600349 | ISBN-13: 978-0340600344

The introduction of the Fortran 90 standard is the first significant change in the Fortran language in over 20 years. this book is designed for anyone wanting to learn Fortran for the first time or or a programmer who needs to upgrade from Fortran 77 to Fortran 90.

Employing a practical, problem-based approach this book provides a comprehensive introduction to the language. More experienced programmers will find it a useful update to the new standard and will benefit from the emphasis on science and engineering applications.

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Employing a practical, problem-based approach this book provides a comprehensive introduction to the language. More experienced programmers will find it a useful update to the new standard and will benefit from the emphasis on science and engineering applications.

About the Author

Brian Hahn graduated from the University of Cape Town before obtaining a PhD from Cambridge in high energy physics. He lectured in Applied Mathematics at the University of the Witwatersrand for a number of years before moving to Cape Town. He is an associate professor (and Head of Department) in Mathematics & Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town, where he has specialised in teaching programming languages to beginners for more than 20 years. He has written a number of popular computing books, on Fortran 77 and 90, GW-BASIC, True BASIC, Turbo Pascal, C++, Matlab and, most recently, Java. When not writing a new book, he carries out research in rangeland modelling. Spare time activies include birding, jogging, and planting indigenous trees on the small holding he shares with his wife and numerous german shepherd dogs. He can be contacted at mailto:[e-mail]. Website: http://www.mth.uct.ac.za/~webpages/hahn/

Product Details

• Paperback: 351 pages
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann (April 21, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340600349
• ISBN-13: 978-0340600344
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #949,057 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #33 in Books > Computers & Technology > Programming > Languages & Tools > Fortran

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic book for renewing oneself to Fortran 90, December 22, 1998

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Chris Tocci ([e-mail]) (Halifax, Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

This review is from: FORTRAN 90 for Scientists and Engineers (Paperback)

It has been many years since I did Fortran programming, but once I decided to get involved for professional reasons, this was an excellent choice.

The author slowly and extremely methodically exposes the reader to the Fortran 90 language with what I will coin "computational motivation." Simply stated, just when the chapter gets you thinking about "how to...", BANG, Brian Hahn begins to address that very issue with source code and explanations! I cannot say enough about this book for the beginner or intermediate level Fortran programmer. Please, do yourself an enormous favor if you are interested in using this extremely powerful (and fairly simple!) numerical language for engineering, science, applied mathematics and even financials...take a look at this text on the subject!!