What single book would you recommend to someone who's interested in programming with no prior experience? Maybe something that could pair well with <i>Exercises for Programmers</i>[1].<p>1. https://pragprog.com/book/bhwb/exercises-for-programmers
Start with this: <a href="https://www.scilab.org/content/download/849/7901/file/Scilab_beginners.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.scilab.org/content/download/849/7901/file/Scilab...</a><p>Then read this: <a href="http://www.earth.northwestern.edu/people/seth/Educational/Scilab/scilabtutorial.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.earth.northwestern.edu/people/seth/Educational/Sc...</a><p>Then read this: <a href="http://scilab.io/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Numerical_Analysis_Scilab_Root_Finding_0.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://scilab.io/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Numerical_Analys...</a><p>Then both :
a. <a href="https://www.math.ust.hk/~machas/numerical-methods.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.math.ust.hk/~machas/numerical-methods.pdf</a>
b. <a href="https://www.scilab.in/textbook_companion/generate_book/1332" rel="nofollow">https://www.scilab.in/textbook_companion/generate_book/1332</a><p>Please do the exercises