Mathematica Beyond Mathematics: The Wolfram Language in the Real World - Hardcover

Sánchez León, José Guillermo

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1032004835 ISBN 13: 9781032004839

Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC, 2022

Synopsis

Although many books have been written about Mathematica, very few of them cover the new functionality added to the most recent versions of the program. This thoroughly revised second edition of Mathematica Beyond Mathematics: The Wolfram Language in the Real World introduces the new features using real-world examples based on the experience of the author as a consultant and Wolfram certified instructor. The examples strike a balance between relevance and difficulty in terms of Mathematica syntax, allowing readers to incrementally build up their Mathematica skills as they go through the chapters While reading this book, you will also learn more about the Wolfram Language and how to use it to solve a wide variety of problems.

The author raises questions from a wide range of topics and answers them by taking full advantage of Mathematica's latest features. For example: What sources of energy does the world really use? Are our cities getting warmer? Is the novel El Quixote written in Pi? Is it possible to reliably date the Earth using radioactive isotopes? How can we find planets outside our solar system? How can we model epidemics, earthquakes and other natural phenomena? What is the best way to compare organisms genetically?

This new edition introduces the new capabilities added to the latest version of Mathematica (version 13), and discusses new topics related to machine learning, big data, finance economics, and physics.

New to the Second Edition

• Separate sections containing carefully selected additional resources that can be accessed from either Mathematica or online
• Online Supplementary materials including code snippets used in the book and additional examples.
• Updated commands to take full advantage of Mathematica 13.

About this title

About the Author

José Guillermo Sánchez León (http://diarium.usal.es/guillermo) is an engineer, physicist and mathematics PhD holder. He is currently a mathematics and statistical consultant and teaches Mathematical modeling at the University of Salamanca. He has worked in the energy industry and conducted research in a variety of fields: Modeling, optimization, medical physics, astronomy, finance and others.

In 1999, he was awarded a research grant at Wolfram Research Inc. headquarters in Champaign (Illinois, USA) after his statistical applications with Mathematica project won a competition sponsored by the company. Since then, he has been an active Mathematica and webMathematica alpha and beta tester. He is also a Wolfram certified instructor and has extensive experience in teaching and developing programs with both applications. Among his more than 100 articles, there are several where Mathematica and webMathematica have been used extensively.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chapman and Hall/CRC
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1032004835
• ISBN 13: 9781032004839
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 446