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.
