Gnuplot in Action, 2nd Edition

From the Back Cover:

Gnuplot is an open-source graphics program that helps you analyze, interpret, and present numerical data. Available for Unix, Mac, and Windows, it is well-maintained, mature, and totally free.

Gnuplot in Action, 2nd Edition, is a major revision of this authoritative guide for developers, engineers, and scientists. The book starts with a tutorial introduction, followed by a systematic overview of gnuplot’s core features, including new plot types, improved text and color handling, and support for interactive, web-based display formats. The book concludes with chapters on graphical effects and general techniques for understanding data with graphs. It includes four pages of color illustrations. 3D graphics, false-color plots, heatmaps, and multivariate visualizations are covered in chapter-length appendices available in the eBook.

No prior experience with gnuplot is required. This book concentrates on practical applications of gnuplot relevant to users of all levels.

Table of Contents:

1. Prelude: Understanding Data with Gnuplot
2. Tutorial: Essential Gnuplot
3. The Heart of the Matter: the plot Command
4. Managing Data Sets and Files
5. Practical Matters: Strings, Loops, and History
6. A Catalog of Styles
7. Decorations: Labels, Arrows, and Explanations
8. All About Axes
9. Color, Style, and Appearance
10. Terminals and Output Formats
11. Automation, Scripting, and Animation
12. Beyond the Defaults: Workflows and Styles
13. Basic Techniques of Graphical Analysis
14. Topics in Graphical Analysis
15. Coda: Understanding Data With Graphs
16. Appendix A: Obtaining, Building, and Installing Gnuplot
17. Appendix B: Resources
18. Appendix C: Surface and Contour Plots
19. Appendix D: Palettes and False-Color Plots
20. Appendix E: Special Plots
21. Appendix F: Higher Math

Links:

• Buy at Amazon
• Catalog Page at Manning
• Downloads at Github