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By 2007, the documentation for Mathematica expanded beyond the bounds of print, with a total of more than 10,000 pages. The fundamental material was based on Stephen Wolfram's The Mathematica Book, and Stephen Wolfram continues to be responsible for the core reference documentation for Mathematica.
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The Mathematica Book is one of the most unique examples of software documentation in existence. Highly honored for its depth, presentation, and organization, it is a model for all technical manuals. First written in 1988 as a 750 page companion tutorial to the newly created Mathematica software system, the current fifth English edition consists of 1488 pages. There have been a total of 13 unique print editions to date--including modifications such as The Student Book and The Reference Guide, as well as meticulous translations into German, French, and Japanese.
In 1998, The Mathematica Book was once again transformed. A complete version of the Help Browser was created in HTML for the Mathematica Documentation Center, providing the internet community full access to its encyclopedic knowledge base and emulating the Browser's easy search and browse features. The Documentation Center also serves as the repository of full-text legacy versions of The Mathematica Book in varying formats.
Japanese
The Mathematica Book, Fifth Edition, Japanese Edition
ISBN 1-5795-5023-1
German
Das Mathematica Buch, 3. Auflage
ISBN 3-8273-1036-9
French
Mathematica: Le livre, Troisième édition
ISBN 2-84180-137-3
Chinese
The Mathematica Book, Fourth Edition, Chinese Edition
ISBN 7-5605-1544-4
1988
Mathematica: A System for Doing Mathematics by Computer, First
Edition
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN 0-201-19334-5 (hardcover/749
pages)
ISBN 0-201-19330-2 (paperback/749 pages)
1991
Mathematica: A
System for Doing Mathematics by Computer, Second
Edition
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN 0-201-51502-4 (hardcover/961
pages)
ISBN 0-201-51507-5 (paperback/961
pages)
1992
Mathematica Reference
Guide
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN 0-201-51012-X (paperback/305
pages)
Mathematica: A Sytem for Doing
Mathematics by Computer, Second Edition, Japanese Version
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN 4-7952-9614-6 (hardcover/937
pages)
Mathematica: Ein System
für
Mathematik auf dem Computer, Zweite Auflage (in
German)
Addison-Wesley Verlag (Deutschland)
GmbH
ISBN 3-89319-371-5 (hardcover/993
pages)
1994
Mathematica: The Student
Book (abridged version for students)
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN 0-201-55479-8 (paperback/501
pages)
1995
Mathematica: Le système
informatique pour les mathématiques, Deuxième
édition (in French)
Addison-Wesley France
ISBN 2-87908-035-5 (paperback/1018
pages)
1996
The Mathematica
Book, Third Edition
Wolfram Media/Cambridge University
Press
ISBN 0-9650532-0-2/0-521-58889-8
(hardcover/1403 pages)
ISBN 0-9650532-1-0/0-521-58888-X
(paperback/1403 pages)
1997
Mathematica: Le livre,
Troisième édition (in French)
International Thomson Publishing
Company,
France
ISBN 2-84180-137-3 (hardcover/1499
pages)
Das Mathematica
Buch,
3. Auflage (in German)
Addison-Wesley Longman Verlag GmbH
ISBN 3-8273-1036-9 (hardcover/1499
pages)
(in Japanese)
Toppan Company
ISBN 4-8101-8963-5 (hardcover/1396
pages)
1999
The Mathematica
Book, Fourth Edition
Wolfram Media/Cambridge University
Press
ISBN 1-57955-004-5/0-521-64314-7
(hardcover/1470 pages)
(in Japanese)
Tokyo Shoseki
ISBN 4-487-79578-8 (hardcover/1447
pages)
2002
(in Chinese)
Xi'an Jiaotong University Press
ISBN 7-5605-1544-4 (hardcover/622 pages)
2003
The Mathematica
Book, Fifth Edition
Wolfram Media
ISBN 1-57955-022-3 (hardcover/1488
pages)
(in Japanese)
Wolfram Media
ISBN 1-57955-023-1 (hardcover/1424 pages)
Changes
between editions
