Excel for Scientists and Engineers (eBook)

E. JOSEPH BILLO, a former associate professor of chemistry at Boston College, is the author of Excel for Chemists: A Comprehensive Guide, Second Edition (Wiley). He has developed two short courses, "Advanced Excel for Scientists and Engineers" and "Excel Visual Basic Macros for Scientists and Engineers," which he has presented to thousands of scientists throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe for organizations such as The American Chemical Society, the National Cancer Institute, Procter & Gamble, Shell, and Texaco.

Detailed Table of Contents vii

Preface xv

Acknowledgments xix

About the Author xix

Chapter 1 Introducing Visual Basic for Applications 1

Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Programming with VBA 15

Chapter 3 Worksheet Functions for Working with Matrices 57

Chapter 4 Number Series 69

Chapter 5 Interpolation 77

Chapter 6 Differentiation 99

Chapter 7 Integration 127

Chapter 8 Roots of Equations 147

Chapter 9 Systems of Simultaneous Equations 189

Chapter 10 Numerical Integration of Ordinary Differential Equations, Part I: Initial Conditions 217

Chapter 11 Numerical Integration of Ordinary Differential Equations, Part II: Boundary Conditions 245

Chapter 12 Partial Differential Equations 263

Chapter 13 Linear Regression and Curve Fitting 287

Chapter 14 Nonlinear Regression Using the Solver 313

Chapter 15 Random Numbers and the Monte Carlo Method 341

Appendices

Appendix 1 Selected VBA Keywords 365

Appendix 2 Shortcut Keys for VBA 387

Appendix 3 Custom Functions Help File 389

Appendix 4 Some Equations for Curve Fitting 409

Appendix 5 Engineering and Other Functions 423

Appendix 6 ASCII Codes 427

Appendix 7 Bibliography 429

Appendix 8 Answers and Comments for End-of-Chapter Problems 431

Index 443

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custom functions that extend the usefulness of Excel plus virtually
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example problems given in the text. This paperback edition and CD
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Magazine, July/August 2008)

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recommended for all engineers, scientists, undergraduate and
graduate students that have ever used EXCEL." (Materials and
Manufacturing Processes, Volume 22, Issue 7 2007)

"An excellent volume for practicing scientists or engineers
encountering numerical methods." (CHOICE, October 2007)