A Survey of Computational Physics Introductory Computational Science

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Synopsis

Computational physics is a rapidly growing subfield of computational science, in large part because computers can solve previously intractable problems or simulate natural processes that do not have analytic solutions. The next step beyond Landau's First Course in Scientific Computing and a follow-up to Landau and Páez's Computational Physics, this text presents a broad survey of key topics in computational physics for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students, including new discussions of visualization tools, wavelet analysis, molecular dynamics, and computational fluid dynamics. By treating science, applied mathematics, and computer science together, the book reveals how this knowledge base can be applied to a wider range of real-world problems than computational physics texts normally address.
Designed for a one- or two-semester course, A Survey of Computational Physics will also interest anyone who wants a reference on or practical experience in the basics of computational physics.

Accessible to advanced undergraduates
Real-world problem-solving approach
Java codes and applets integrated with text
Companion Web site includes videos of lectures

Book details

Author:
Rubin H. Landau, José Páez, Cristian C. Bordeianu
ISBN:
9781400841189
Related ISBNs:
9780691131375
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2017-09-23
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2008
Copyright by:
Princeton University Press 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Computers and Internet, Mathematics and Statistics, Nonfiction, Science