Product Description

Using an informal, conversational style, this "how to" book guides beginning students from spreadsheet basics through the robust engineering and scientific applications of EXCEL, including using EXCEL in the lab.
Students learn how to compose structured, efficient, documented workbooks with data entry cells, summary results and statistics cells, and commented cells. Throughout the book, they'll find innovative techniques for composing spreadsheets, solving problems, analyzing data, and presenting results that will help them in their courses and professional careers. End-of-Chapter problems not only show how to use EXCEL, they also relate directly to topics in engineering and the sciences. Plus, a CD, which is packaged with the text, contains sample workbooks, links to online EXCEL resources, and text updates via the book's web site.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #682596 in Books
• Published on: 2003-01-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

From the Back Cover
Apply the most commonly available tool to improve your engineering skills

Using an informal, conversational writing style, S.C. Bloch leads you from spreadsheet basics through robust applications of EXCEL for engineering and science—including using EXCEL in the lab!

You will learn innovative techniques for setting up spreadsheets, solving problems, analyzing data over ranges of values, and presenting results that will help you in your courses and professional career. Plus, a CD—included FREE with this book—contains sample workbooks, bonus chapters, links to online EXCEL resources, and text updates via the book's Web site.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SECOND EDITION

• Demonstrates how to use EXCEL to import, export, acquire, and analyze experimental data in the lab and over the internet.
• Covers new functions and operations in EXCEL 2002 (Microsoft Office XP).
• Contains more than 80 example workbooks on the included CD. Explore, modify, and edit these workbooks to gain a hands-on learning experience.
• Includes numerous screen shots in every chapter to visually reinforce the discussion.
• Offers useful pointers for constructing effective spreadsheets.
• Include Tips and FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) for EXCEL features and applications.
• Provides an extensive discussion and step-by-step examples of the Analysis ToolPak, one of the best-kept secrets in EXCEL.
• Free access to the Web site, containing updates for the text and CD, and new workbooks.
• Provides three bonus chapters on the CD: Complex Math in EXCEL, Fast Fourier Transform Tutorial for EXCEL, and FFT Applications Using EXCEL

Customer Reviews

Not Worth The Paper Its Printed On
I am a practicing licensed professional engineer that was looking for a book on Excel written for practicing engineers. This book's title is totally misleading. It implies that it is written for "engineers" and "scientists" not engineering and/or science students. In my opinion, this book was written for high school students.

Don't waste your money on this if you're looking for a practitioners reference book. I wouldn't recommend this book to another professional engineer even if it was free.

The book is also obsolete since it was written in 2003. Excel 2007 has many significant changes to the GUI (i.e., the "ribbon" interface).

It's not worth your time to even browse through. This book falls very short of what the title implies. I made the classic mistake of "judging a book by its cover". I wasted my money and time on it.

I found this book useful
I liked this book. I appreciated his approach to FFTs and DSP. I found a few new ideas on how to analyze my data. The CD had working spreadsheets that I found quite handy.

FANTASTIC
This is the first book that I have seen that actually tells you to put a equals sign in the cell in front of a formula. When I first started using Excel I could find nothing on the subject of how to get a formula to work, they all assumed it was known by the reader - one book MS office bible, MS step by step, etc. It is a great first text and more. I like It. It does not delve into VBA much but, look at the product description! If you want to be an expert on excel start here. To get to the next level Wiley&sons have another work 'EXCEL for scientists and engineers - numerical methods.;)Excel for Scientists and Engineers: Numerical Methods. Enjoy