Reviews from the First Edition: " Excel for Chemists should be part of any academic library offering courses and programs in chemistry. There is no other book on the market that deals so thoroughly with the application of Excel for analyzing chemical data. Highly recommended, for upper-division undergraduates through professionals." -Choice "I highly recommend this book; treat yourself to it; assign it to a class; give it as a gift." -The Nucleus Chemists across all subdisciplines use Excel to record data in tabular form, but few have learned to take full advantage of the scientific calculating power within this program. Excel is capable of helping chemists process, analyze, and present scientific data, from the relatively simple to the highly complex. Excel for Chemists, Second Edition has been revised and updated, not only to take into account the changes that were made in Excel, but also to incorporate an abundance of new examples. Arranged in a user-friendly format, this book contains illustrations and examples of chemical applications, useful "How to" boxes outlining how to accomplish complex tasks in Excel, and step-by-step instructions for programming Excel to automate repetitive data-processing tasks. In addition, tips are provided to speed, simplify, and improve your use of Excel. Included is a CD-ROM, usable in either Macintosh or IBM/Windows environments with many helpful spreadsheet templates, macros, and other tools. Entirely new chapters contained in this Second Edition feature: Array formulas covered in depth in a separate chapter, along with a comprehensive review of using arrays in VBA How to create a worksheet with controls, such as option buttons, check boxes, or a list box An extensive list of shortcut keys-over 250 for Macintosh or PC-is provided in the appendix Whether as a text for students or as a reference for chemical professionals in industry, academia, or government, Excel for Chemists, Second Edition provides a valuable resource for using Excel to manage various chemical calculations.
Nice reference book for data analysis in the chemistry lab
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As a member of chemistry department in a University, who teach student the basic skill of use of Excel in the lab, I find this book a very useful tool for myself. Although it is true that the book is a little too complicated for the average user who knows only the basics of spreadsheet and barely graph the data, however for somebody who needs to write macro functions for the students to perform the calculations effortlessly, Excel for Chemist is a very comprehensive book. Exmaples given in this book is fair: after all, this book is not for everybody, and I have a feeling that Billo wrote this book based upon the assumption that most readers know more than the basic of Excel (which is not too surprising, considering the fact that Excel is one of the most heavily used spreadsheet around).
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