Which MATLAB book is best for beginner programmers?

[cavalier]

Can anyone recommend a book to learn MATLAB for someone who is a complete beginner at matlab, but already knows a few programming languages?

 

[Mark44]

There are several hyperlinks on this page: http://www.mathworks.com/academia/student_center/tutorials/launchpad.html, including links to a number of MatLab books.
One online tutorial that I have found to be useful is http://www.mathworks.com/access/helpdesk/help/pdf_doc/matlab/getstart.pdf.

 

[story645]

The manual? Seriously, it's got lots of tutorials and most of the API and is actually really good in its own way.