Guide to Microsoft Excel for Scientists and Engineers [Paperback]

Bernard Liengme (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0750650575 | ISBN-13: 978-0750650571 | Publication Date: October 2, 2000 | Edition: 2

Microsoft Excel has a wide range of scientific functions that the average user would never encounter, let alone utilise, and students keen to use Excel to analyse and represent the results of their experiments are currently forced to wade through almost incomprehensible manuals on Excel. 'A Guide to Microsoft Excel for Scientists and Engineers' gives scientific and engineering students a clear introduction to the use of excel for the analysis and presentation of experimental results, before going on to discuss some of the more advanced functions, such as modelling.

Completely updated to cover the latest versions of Excel, including 2000, Bernard Liengme has also included new material on functions, statistics and the 'Solver' tool, as well as completely rewritten the section on charts. In addition, he has focused on: formulas; charts; curve-fitting; equation solving; integration; macros; statistical functions; logic functions; databases; macros. This new edition of an already indispensable guide is one that no scientist or engineer can afford to be without.

The best introductory book on Excel aimed specifically at scientists and engineers. * Covers the latest versions of Excel, including Excel 2000. * Incorporates changes due to feedback from readers * Contains extra functions and statistics.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'This second edition...upholds the positive properties of the first. For instance, as in the first edition, it takes the trouble to define its terms...there is no deficit of detailed explanation, and a glance at the index will soon satisfy the potential purchaser that the addition 'for Scientists and Engineers' is no misnomer'
Quality and Reliability Engineering International, March/April 2002

''Excel is too powerful a tool to be left to accountants. It is so broadly available that all science and engineering studaents and professionals should be aware of its potential for applications in their fields.....A Guide to Microsoft Excel for Scientists and Engineers' is a valuable demonstration of how scientists, engineers and students can apply Excel to problems in their own specialisation. Its user-friendly style, including practical examples and screen captures, is easy to read and understand."
Materials World, January 2002

'Aimed specifically at scientists and engineers, this is a book that will be referred to again and again, providing invaluable information on the more technical functions of Microsoft Excel'. Engineering Designer, March 2001.

"Rarely do you see such a great book." Dr A. N. F. Mack, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. (Of the first edition.)

'aims to give scientific and engineering students a clear introduction to the use of Excel for the analysis and presentation of experimental results' Machinery Market, November 2000.

'This book is a useful learning aid and will extend the practical use of spreadsheets beyond that of a calculator and graph-drawing software. It is designed to show how to get results ans how the process can be applied to reader's own specialist field.'
Concrete, December 2000

'The book is practical with problem sets at the end of chapters, and designed to give readers a wide range of examples from which to apply Excel to problems in a particular field.'
The Structural Engineer, April 2001

From the Publisher

Completely updated to cover the latest versions of Excel, including 2000, Bernard Liengme has also included new material on functions, statistics and the 'Solver' tool, as well as completely rewritten the section on charts. In addition, he has focused on: formulas; charts; curve-fitting; equation solving; integration; macros; statistical functions; logic functions; databases; macros. This new edition of an already indispensable guide is one that no scientist or engineer can afford to be without.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2 edition (October 2, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750650575
• ISBN-13: 978-0750650571
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,629,816 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but overpriced, October 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A Guide to Microsoft Excel for Scientists and Engineers (Paperback)

Liengme's guide to Excel is clearly written, has good illustrations, and contains a variety of useful examples. However, I don't know where they get $40 for this thin paperback. Orvis' Excel book is more complete and a better value.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent source of information., November 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: A Guide to Microsoft Excel for Scientists and Engineers (Paperback)

Finally someone has written a very clear concise book explaining Excel in terms that are relevant to scientists and Engineers. For the Engineer who is forced to program in Excel this book is an excellent source of information.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Expensive for this price., October 16, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Guide to Microsoft Excel for Scientists and Engineers (Paperback)

While it would be useful for begineers, I find most of the concepts are raher short and simply presented. I think the amount of information given does not worth to that price. Especially, section regarding writting macros and prograaming are very limited and mostly in psude-code style which doesn't help you gain the experience of excel preograaming.