MATLAB: Best book for beginners

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Hi all, this year I have started University and I would like to learn about Matlab. I have never seen nothing about this programme, so I ask you, which book do you suggest for beginners? I'm Italian but I want study English more as possible, so I prefer English books.
I see this book: Matlab for Beginners: A Gentle Approach
How is it?
Regards, Alessandro

Best Answer

I think the best starting point is MATLAB Primer by MATHWORKS:
http://www.mathworks.com/help/releases/R2014b/pdf_doc/matlab/getstart.pdf
Pretty much you can read it in one weekend and gives you a good kick-start.
It is written by mathworks. It is free. Don't let the number of pages scare you. The spacing between the lines is a lot and there are a lot of figures and white spaces. So despit having 198 pages, you can read it in one weekend. (well that's what I did the first time I started using MATLAB and next week I had a meeting with my adviser all my plots and analysis was done in MATLAB; So, I really mean it, it is possible to get a good start using MATLAB starting with "MATLAB Primer").
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