-- Perl and Bioinformatics --

 * Programming Perl for Bioinformatics
   Tisdall

 * Developing Bioinformatics Computer Skills
   ed. Baxevanis and Ouellette

 * Bionformatics Computer Skills
   Gibas and Jambeck

 -- Web Programming with Perl --

 * CGI Programming with Perl, 2nd Edition
   Guelich, Gundavaram, Birznieks
   2000, O'Reilly, ISBN 1-56592-419-3

 -- An Introduction to Programming with Mathematica --

 * Computer Science with Mathematica 
   Maeda, 2000, $30, ISBN 0521663954
   Cambridge University Press
   "good if you know computer science but not mathemetica"
   But looks pretty interesting.

 * Programming in Mathematica
   Maeda 1997
   "programming reference"

 == I ordered the previous two on 3/25/04

 * Applied Mathematica: Getting Started, Getting it Done
   Show and Tigg, 1993, $40, ISBN 020154217X 
     focus on data analysis including programming
     but fairly old and sounds topic-specific
 

 * Mastering Mathematica : Programming Methods and Applications
   Gray
   - advanced; covers various programming styles : 
     procedural, functional, object oriented, constraint rule-based, ...

 * Elements of Mathematica Programming
   Peterson

 * An Introduction to Programming with Mathematica
   Richard et al 1995
   - "out of date..."

 * Computing with Mathematica
   Hoft and Hoft
   upper level interactive "problem solving in major fields
   of study such as computer science, physics, or engineering"

 * Beginner's Guide to Mathematica version 4
   Glynn and Gray

 * Mathematica: A Practical Approach
   Blachman and Williams, $74, 1998, 0132592010
     mathematica tutorial with good recommendations, 
     including file i/o.  But dated and pricey.

 -- Acoustics --

 Travis found a book:
 

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