| | |  | Software Engineering | Home » » » Essential Mathcad for Engineering, Science, and Math, Second Edition | | | | | | | Product Promotions: | | | | | Description: | | Using the author's considerable experience of applying Mathcad to engineering problems, Essential Mathcad introduces the most powerful functions and features of the software and teaches how to apply these to create comprehensive calculations for any quantitative subject. The simple, step-by-step approach makes this book an ideal Mathcad text for professional engineers as well as engineering , science, and math students. Examples from a variety of fields demonstrate the power and utility of Mathcad's tools, while also demonstrating how other software, such as Excel spreadsheets, can be incorporated effectively. A full version of Mathcad v15 is available by using the registration code included in the front of the book (North America only). The included software is for educational purposes only.
*Many more applied examples and exercises from a wide variety of engineering, science, and math fields
* New: more thorough discussions of differential equations, 3D plotting, and curve fitting, reading from files and writing to files.
* Full non-expiring version of Mathcad 15 software available, by using the registration code included in the front of the book). The included software is for educational purposes only.
*New: A new chapter 1 introduces many basics of Mathcad, allowing the reader to begin using the program in less time.
* A step-by-step approach enables easy learning for professionals and students alike | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Brent Maxfield | | Paperback:
| 501 pages | | Publisher:
| Academic Press | | Publication Date:
| June 05, 2009 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 012374783X | | Product Length:
| 9.2 inches | | Product Width:
| 7.4 inches | | Product Height:
| 1.4 inches | | Product Weight:
| 2.35 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.0 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.3 inches | | Package Weight:
| 2.35 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 10 reviews |
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10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 Awesome book and CD!Jan 03, 2010
By Kurt Crowder
This book gives very detailed info on the features in Mathcad 14. I found the book to be extremely useful. The CD gives you a full working Academic version of Mathcad 14. As a previous reviewer said, the Print Preview button doesn't work, but that isn't much of a problem, since this is a WYSIWYG program. Unlike the previous reviewer, I found that you can print the worksheet, so long as you want to print it directly, without using the print preview first.
It's an awesome book and CD for an awesome program.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Mathcad is working for me.Feb 21, 2010
By cwc
I bought this product because I am taking a graduate class in unsaturated soil mechanics and the professor asked us to submit our HW using mathematical software. Mathcad is his software of choice. I found the first edition of Maxfield's book in the university library and thought it somewhat helpful. When I found this new edition was available, I ordered it to have a copy for myself.
This update makes the book far more useful than the first edition because of the great increase in the number of example problems. It has helped me turn Mathcad into a tool by putting a context on how the program works and behaves. For me, this is important because while the program help files are useful, many of the error messages are of the "I found the problem, now it's your turn!" variety and using this book has helped me identify the problems. I anticipate using Mathcad and this book for some time to come and while I still have a few problems with some of the quirks of the program itself, I have been able to overcome most of them by reading the book. As I expand my use of the more advanced features of the program, I will be consulting this book before I use each new feature.
This book has been a great help because of its organization. It is organized into an introductory section, basic tools, advanced tools and organizing calculations. As I am still learning Mathcad, I still find it most useful that when I have a question to first check the intro section, then go to the more advanced sections. My only complaint about this book is a rather skimpy index.
All in all, a well-written book and I would recommend it.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Comments on Essential MATHCAD for Engineering, Science and MathNov 06, 2011
By Gene
The text may be useful to the engineering student who is learning basic professional subjects and MATHCAD at the same time. As an experienced structural engineer but a newbie to MATHCAD, I found this text to be minimally useful over and above the MATHCAD14 help files. I dutifully began to work through the examples in the book, which I found to be rather trivial; I gave up after a while as I wasn't learning anything new. The section on symbolic calculations was interesting, as were the Solve Block examples as I had not utilized these MATHCAD features. Overall, however, I didn't find much value in the book.
 Software will not load on my computerJul 27, 2011
By chemenger
No issues with the text. It is well organized, well written and an easy read. My issue is with the software. I cannot get it to load onto my computer. It takes a half-hour or longer to show any progress before I get an error message re: file MathCAD\rc\program files\MathSoft\MathCAD 14\Handbook\improc\anat45.pgm. A second error message pops up later saying ERROR 1722.
Running XP PRO. Disabled virus scan and firewall. No luck. Unfortunately, can't take full advantage of the book without the software.
A Great Introduction to MathCAD.Jun 13, 2011
By Combat Aircraft of World War II 1943-1944
This textbook is a great Introduction to MathCAD. Very well written and easy to follow. I wish it had more applied examples tough.
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