This Textbook Provides An Accessible Introduction To The Most Important Features Of Fortran 2008. Features: Presents A Complete Discussion Of All The Basic Features Needed To Write Complete Fortran Programs; Makes Extensive Use Of Examples And Case Studies To Illustrate The Practical Use Of Features Of Fortran 08, And Supplies Simple Problems For The Reader; Provides A Detailed Exploration Of Control Constructs, Modules, Procedures, Arrays, Character Strings, Data Structures And Derived Types, Pointer Variables, And Object-oriented Programming; Includes Coverage Of Such Major New Features In Fortran 08 As Coarrays, Submodules, Parameterized Derived Types, And Derived-type Input And Output; Highlights The Topic Of Modules As The Framework For Organizing Data And Procedures For A Fortran Program; Investigates The Excellent Inputoutput Facilities Available In Fortran; Contains Appendices Listing The Many Intrinsic Procedures And Providing A Brief Informal Syntax Specification For The Language.