Scientists and Engineers Can Master the Fundamentals of .NET with Visual Basic and Visual Basic .NET for Scientists and Engineers from Apress

Science and engineering professionals can learn how Visual Basic and Visual Basic .NET can be used to assist them in daily professional tasks.

Berkeley, CA-February 19, 2002-Apress announces the release of Visual Basic and Visual Basic .NET for Scientists and Engineers by Christopher M. Frenz. This title, written for professionals in the science and engineering industries, explains how Visual Basic and Visual Basic .NET can be used to assist in scientists and engineers daily tasks, such as mathematical modeling and the use of various control events.

Highlights from this title include:
·Examples show readers how to solve elements such as algorithms using VB and VB .NET
·Provides in-depth explanations of how to program nontrivial applications
·Allows readers to write their own custom user-defined functions
·Gives sample scenarios showing how to craft professional-looking GUIs for scientific graphics and data presentation

Author Christopher M. Frenz first presents introductory material including an overview of Visual Basic and Visual Basic .NET IDEs, and then introduces readers to the different data types that Visual Basic supports while paying special attention to various numerical data types and their uses. Frenz also takes a close look at various numerical and logical operators and their precedence and later discusses topics such as designing GUIs, programming customized spreadsheets, and debugging. Readers will also be familiarized with advanced topics, including the new and rapidly growing field of bioinformatics.

About the Book
Visual Basic and Visual Basic .NET for Scientists and Engineers
Christopher M. Frenz
ISBN: 1-893115-55-0
$34.95 US/335 p.
For more information about this book, please visit http://www.apress.com/catalog/book/1893115550/.

About the Author
Christopher M. Frenz is currently a graduate student in biochemistry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he uses artificial neural networks to model biological systems. He holds degrees in biology and chemical engineering from Manhattan College and has over 10 years of programming experience. In addition to Visual Basic, he is also proficient in FORTRAN and Pascal and he is a contributing editor to the journal Inside Visual Basic.

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Apress, located in Berkeley, CA, is a fast-growing, innovative publishing company devoted to meeting the needs of existing and potential programming professionals. Simply put, the A" in Apress stands for The Authors Press" and its books have The Experts Voice". Its unique approach to publishing grew out of conversations between its founders, Dan Appleman and Gary Cornell, authors of numerous best-selling, highly regarded books for programming professionals. In 1998, they set out to create a publishing company that emphasized quality above all else. Gary and Dans vision has resulted in the publication of over 50 titles by leading software professionals, all of which have The Experts Voice."