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copied!<p>I can recommend several, depending on your previous programming in general knowledge and Fortran specific knowledge.</p> <p>For an <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hca-yvFUPk" rel="nofollow noreferrer">absolute beginner</a> (and don't take this in a negative context; it just means you're starting anew, and unlike someone who has a habit of some bad Fortran77 practices, you'll start with a clean mindset) I would definitely go with <a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0073191574" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Chapman's Fortran 95/2003 for Scientists & Engineers</a>. It is an <strong><em>excellent learning book</em></strong>, and although it has some drawbacks they're not important at this stage. It also has a plethora of examples useful in real life. It also emphasises good modern Fortran concepts and ideas (Fortran 90 and newer).</p> <p>After it, or maybe instead of it, if you're looking for more of a reference book one cannot recommend enough one of the following:<br> - <a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0198526938" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Metcalf, Reid and Cohen's Fortran 95/2003 Explained</a> (btw, a new edition covering the latest Fortran standard is coming up in a few days) - a classical reference book. Some swear by it instead of Chapman's.<br> - <a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/1846283787" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Fortran 2003 Handbook: The Complete Syntax, Features and Procedures</a> by several authors; a standard reference book, dealing with the finer aspects of the language. Not important at this stage but just so you know it's there.</p> <p>Apart from these, which I like to call "the big three", there are numerous tutorials, scriptas and handbooks all over the web (free) and on Amazon. Some links were given in <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/723851/fortran-90-resources">here</a> as well, so I won't repeat those. Also, your compiler is bound to have a good reference manual I don't know about the free g* ones, but all commercial ones do.)</p> <p>Apart from that, you know you can always ask any question that comes to your mind in here, and on comp.lang.fortran (usenet group; google for a "Usenet client" or "newsclient" and check it out.). Some very(!) knowledgeable people lurk in there.</p>

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