Summary

In this chapter, we have learned the basics of Mathematica programming that are essential for data loading and manipulation. Some frequently used list operations are described, along with the basics of functions and conditionals. We encounter numerical datasets for the first time in the book, using Import to load the datasets into Mathematica. The datasets are visualized using the ListPlot, ListPointPlot3D, and ListLogPlot commands. We have also learned about some basic styling of our plots. In the next chapter, we will look at more ways to visualize time series data, and get a taste of visualizing some commonly used scientific data formats.