Computational physics and the undergraduate curriculum

✍ Scribed by Harvey Gould

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 49 KB
• Volume: 127
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0010-4655
• DOI: 10.1016/s0010-4655(00)00034-5

✦ Synopsis

The advantages of a separate undergraduate course emphasizing computer simulations are discussed. Also discussed are the advantages of Java and the timeliness of integrating aspects of computational physics into the undergraduate curriculum so that the curriculum reflects the way physics is currently done.