UNIX and Perl to the Rescue!: A Field Guide for the Life Sciences (and Other Data-Rich Pursuits)

by Ian Korf and Keith Bradnam

Book Overview

Your research has generated gigabytes of data and now you need to analyse it. You hate using spreadsheets but it is all you know, so what else can you do? This book will transform how you work with large and complex data sets, teaching you powerful programming tools for slicing and dicing data to suit your needs. Written in a fun and accessible style, this step-by-step guide will inspire and inform non-programmers about the essential aspects of Unix...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521169828
• ISBN13: 9780521169820
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 428 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 9.5"