Essentials of Programming in Mathematica® provides an introduction suitable for readers with little or no background in the language as well as for those with some experience using programs such as C, Java, or Perl. The author, an established authority on Mathematica® programming, has written an example-driven text that covers the language from first principles, as well as including material from natural language processing, bioinformatics, graphs and networks, signal analysis, geometry, computer science, and many other applied areas. The book is appropriate for self-study or as a text for a course in programming in computational science. Readers will benefit from the author's tips, which provide insight and suggestions on small and large points. He also provides more than 350 exercises from novice through to advanced level with all of the solutions available online.

Mathematica®编程精要》为那些对该语言没有任何背景的读者，以及那些有使用C、Java或Perl等程序经验的读者提供了一个介绍。作者是Mathematica®编程方面的权威，他写了一篇以实例为导向的文章，从第一原理出发，涵盖了该语言，并包括自然语言处理、生物信息学、图形和网络、信号分析、几何学、计算机科学以及许多其他应用领域的材料。本书适合于自学或作为计算科学中的编程课程的文本。读者将从作者的提示中受益，这些提示提供了关于大小点的见解和建议。他还提供了350多道从新手到高级的练习题，所有的解答都可以在网上找到。