Overview
The revised Third Edition of An Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods uses Java to teach physical concepts using computer simulations. The text incorporates object-oriented programming techniques and encourages readers to develop good programming habits in the context of doing physics. Introduction, Tools for Doing Simulations, Simulating Particle Motion, Oscillatory Systems, Few-Body Problems: The Motion of the Planets, The Chaotic Motion of Dynamical Systems, Random Processes, The Dynamics of Many Particle Systems, Normal Modes and Waves, Electrodynamics, Numerical and Monte Carlo Methods, Percolation, Fractals and Kinetic Growth Models, Complex Systems, Monte Carlo Simulations of Thermal Systems, Quantum Systems, Visualization and Rigid Body Dynamics, Seeing in Special and General Relativity, Epilogue: The Unity of Physics For all readers interested in developing programming habits in the context of doing physics.
- | Author: Harvey Gould, Jan Tobochnik, Wolfgang Christian
- | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: Sep 18, 2017
- | Number of Pages: 814 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1974427471
- | ISBN-13: 9781974427475
