Computational physics: a course and a Web-enhanced book

✍ Scribed by Rubin H. Landau

• Book ID: 104109021
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 42 KB
• Volume: 121-122
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0010-4655
• DOI: 10.1016/s0010-4655(06)70090-x

✦ Synopsis

A university level course in Computational Physics [1] has been developed, a book based on this course, Comp,~tational Physics, Problem Solving with Computers, Landau and Paez (Wiley, 1997), has been published, and an extensive collection of multimedia, interactive Web tutorials which complement and extend the book have been developed [2]. This is, in part, ,an experiment in academic-commercial publishing in which Wiley Inc. publishes a traditional book while simultaneously maintaining links to free Web tutorials on their and other sites. Sample Web tutorials include topics such as

Monte Carlo Teclmiques

The Chaotic Pendulum with Java

ODEs & Oscillations

Sounds of Oscillating Systems HPC Libes in Physics Decay Simulation with Geiger Counter

The educational material is in the form of individual projects which follow a problem-solving paradigm. The projects are designed to help students learn by having them solve a very wide class of problems employing scientific, mathematical, and computational techniques. Asa consequence of having to interact with the material, it becomes part of the personal experience of the students. As a consequence, the students are often stimulated to learn more about these subjects, or to listen more closely when they are covered in other courses.