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> All Mathematica Guidebooks - Michael Trott

> Mathematica is wild, these books are wild, they are old but still oh so inspiring.

Great recommendation. Are these so old? I skimmed through [1] and they seem still on print and relevant?

What is other inspiring Mathematica literature? I have been considering Mathematica to cover some of the gaps Julia (and R or Python have). Particularly in the symbolics camp [2].

It's also nice Mathematica is free on Raspberry Pi, but it might be too slow to be of any practical use.

[1] http://www.mathematicaguidebooks.org

[2] https://www.12000.org/my_notes/CAS_integration_tests/reports...



I should maybe have used another word. Mathematica has changed a lot (mostly by accruing functionality) that a lot of these examples seem old in the way they're written. The content is just as good as ever, and nothing beats fundamentals anyway.


I love this book, reading it right now:

Power Programming Mathematica: The Kernel.

It's (legally) free, you can find PDFs.

Bonus: I love weird books covers. This one is charming. Am I the only one that notices that the barbell is bending upwards?




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