What is the fastest way to learn Excel for science and engineering?
Microsoft Excel has a very powerful analysis functions for performing: • statistical analyses (included regression, ANOVA, determining confidence intervals and generating descriptive statistics) • time series • curve fitting • equation solving • numerical integration and differentiation • optimization David M. Bourg’s book Excel Scientific and Engineering Cookbook is an excellent way to find immediate solutions to such needs. As the titles indicates, it is organized as a collection of “recipes”, such that complete solutions are presented, rather than having to piece several functions and steps together to achieve the same effect.
