Just thought I would mention that there is a new O'Reilly book out, "Developing Bioinformatics Computer Skills", which is ok, pretty superficial about some things but at least it lets you know what is happening and where. R gets a few pages in there, 394-396, mostly nice press and accurate except that Bill Venables (hi Bill) may be surprised to find out that he is a member of the core development team. Robert ps: they also have an Xgobi reference -- +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Robert Gentleman phone : (617) 632-5250 | | Associate Professor fax: (617) 632-2444 | | Department of Biostatistics office: M1B28 | Harvard School of Public Health email: rgentlem@jimmy.dfci.harvard.edu | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
On 30-May-2001 Robert Gentleman wrote:> Just thought I would mention that there is a new O'Reilly book out, > "Developing Bioinformatics Computer Skills", which is ok, pretty > superficial about some things but at least it lets you know what is > happening and where. > R gets a few pages in there, 394-396, mostly nice press and accurate > except that Bill Venables (hi Bill) may be surprised to find out that > he is a member of the core development team. > Robert > ps: they also have an Xgobi referenceThis came up a couple of weeks ago on Slashdot (which I should really stop reading). I got the impression from the ensuing discussion that it was targetted at biologists,but if you found it useful I shall pick up a copy. In the same discussion, the monograph "Biological sequence analysis: probabilistic methods of proteins and nucleic acids" by Durbin (ed) was highly recommended by some people. Do you have this? Here is a link to the O'Reilly site which contains contents, and a sample chapter. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bioskills/ I remember buying an O'Reilly book called "The whole internet: a users guide and catalogue". I wonder if this one will have an even shorter shelf life. Martyn -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._
Yes, Robert, I certainly am surprised. I didn't think I was particularly a "hard core" sort of person... I guess I will have to look at it now. :-S Bill. -----Original Message----- From: Robert Gentleman [mailto:rgentlem@jimmy.harvard.edu] Sent: Wednesday, 30 May 2001 11:36 PM To: r-devel@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: [Rd] new book Just thought I would mention that there is a new O'Reilly book out, "Developing Bioinformatics Computer Skills", which is ok, pretty superficial about some things but at least it lets you know what is happening and where. R gets a few pages in there, 394-396, mostly nice press and accurate except that Bill Venables (hi Bill) may be surprised to find out that he is a member of the core development team. Robert ps: they also have an Xgobi reference -- +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- + | Robert Gentleman phone : (617) 632-5250 | | Associate Professor fax: (617) 632-2444 | | Department of Biostatistics office: M1B28 | Harvard School of Public Health email: rgentlem@jimmy.dfci.harvard.edu | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- + -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. -.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _._ -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-devel mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-devel-request@stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._