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 | | C Programming: The Essentials for Engineers and Scientists (Undergraduate Texts in Computer Science) by David R. Brooks ISBN-10: 0387986324 ISBN-10: 0-387-98632-4 ISBN-13: 9780387986326 ISBN-13: 978-0-387-98632-6 Hardcover 1999-06-04 Springer Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Today's scientist or engineer has many more computerized problem solving environments available than those of only a short time ago and so they are less dependant on mastering a scientific programming language such as FORTRAN. Many universities have made the switch to teaching the programming language C to science and engineering students, as it is still necessary in many fields to be able to produce one's own programs. This text teaches the essentials of C programming, concentrating on what the reader needs to know to produce working stand-alone programs to solve typical scientific and engineering problems. It is a learning-by-doing book with many examples and exercises and lays a foundation of scientific programming concepts and techniques that will prove valuable for those who might eventually move on to another language. The text is written for undergraduate students who are literate with a computer and typical applications but are new to programming. | ||
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Best C programming book ever Having been a programmer for over a decade I recently came across David Brooks' book while working on code to calculate integrals based on the Trapezoidal Rule and Simpson's Rule. Apart from finding what I needed in "C Programming: The Essentials for Engineers and Scientists ..." I also found the text to be an overall treasure of programming specifics. Unlike the bibles of programing out there, this one tackles a lot of hands-on real-life programming problems with specifics on design and integration of mathematical equations into code. I rank this book on par with my copy of "Numerical Recipes in C" for its utility. Looking back over my programming career I wish I had read this book first. It covers numerous examples of coding quirks that I had to learn the hard way, and it covers them from the perspective of a scientist who absolutely must get it right. Many of the intro texts are written by scientists who are so far along in their skill set, they overlook the mundane quirks that tend to trip up beginners. David Brooks explains it from scratch - just as a newbie will encounter it. Nothing about the c programming environment is overlooked. | ||
Very helpful book to make simple programs in C It is very good book for beginners that need to make a C program not very complicated but quickly to solve a problem. | ||
CAUTION! This is possibly the best book I've ever seen for engineers and scientists trying to learn how to program in C. However, supplementary material that aids in learning examples found in this book no longer exist. I wrote the author an email asking why his website for his c-code examples no longer exist, and I was informed that the book is "too old!" Without the supplementary material I need, I'm sure I will have a difficult time learning chapter 3 when it requires c-code created in chapter 6. | ||
The easiest way to learn C programming. Most C-programming books are very thick and the authors spend a lot of pages in explaining historical and detailed aspects of the C-language. As a chemist I often get frustrated when reading these type of books since it takes about 250 pages before they e.g. explain how to read or write to a file. When you finish the books you are not at a level of solving real problems in C. C programming: The Essentials for Engineers and Scientists by David R. Brooks goes, as the title says, directly to the essentials for a scientist. The book is based on a five-step problem solving procedure throughout the book. This way of structural-thinking, which is often neglected in other books, helps the reader to get a good programming habit in any programming language. Since the book is very problem oriented, the author is able to cover more advanced programming topics than other C-books. The book is designed for undergraduate studies without any knowledge in programming, but may be used by anyone interested in learning C. Many programming examples and exercises are taken from the field of chemistry and physics and thus, the book is perfect as a introduction course in C for chemists and physicists. | ||