An Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods
Applications to Physical System
2nd Edition
Published on 28. September 1995
Book
Hardback
721 pages
978-0-201-50604-4 (ISBN)
Description
Now in a second edition, this book teaches physical concepts using computer simulation. The text illustrates structured programming techniques and encourages students to develop good programming habits in the context of doing physics. Designed for college students at all levels, An Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods, uses True Basic, a user-friendly, accessible computer language. As an introduction to the use of computer simulations, this book is also appropriate for students majoring in fields other than physics.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
575 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-201-50604-4 (9780201506044)
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Harvey Gould | Jan Tobochnik | Wolfgang Christian
An Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods
Applications to Physical Systems
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3rd Edition
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Harvey Gould | Jan Tobochnik
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Applications to Physical Systems
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Persons
Harvey Gould uses molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo methods to study glasses, the dynamics of first-order phase transitions, and other problems in statistical mechanics. His work involves the application of computer simulation algorithms as well as renormalization group and cluster methods. Gould recently co-authored the second edition of an undergraduate level text on computer simulation in physics. He can "foresee the day when physics students take a required computational science curriculum comparable in scope to the present day mathematics curriculum."
Gould is a native of California and received his B.A. and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He did postdoctoral work at the National Bureau of Standards and taught at the University of Michigan before coming to Clark University in 1971. His leisure time is spent with his family and listening to music, especially jazz.
Gould is a native of California and received his B.A. and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He did postdoctoral work at the National Bureau of Standards and taught at the University of Michigan before coming to Clark University in 1971. His leisure time is spent with his family and listening to music, especially jazz.
Content
Preface.
1. Introduction.
2. The Coffee Cooling Problem.
3. The Motion Of Falling Objects.
4. The Two-Body Problem.
5. Simple Linear and Nonlinear Systems.
6. The Chaotic Motion Of Dynamical Systems.
7. Random Processes.
8. The Dynamics Of Many Particle Systems.
9. Normal Modes and Waves.
10. Electrodynamics.
11. Numerical Integration and Monte Carlo Methods.
12. Random Walks.
13. Percolation.
14. Fractals.
15. Complexity.
16. The Microcanonical Ensemble.
17. Monte Carlo Simulation Of The Canonical Ensemble.
18. Quantum Systems.
19. Epilogue: The Same Algorithms Give The Same Results.
Appendices: From Basic to Fortran.
From Basic to C.
Index.
1. Introduction.
2. The Coffee Cooling Problem.
3. The Motion Of Falling Objects.
4. The Two-Body Problem.
5. Simple Linear and Nonlinear Systems.
6. The Chaotic Motion Of Dynamical Systems.
7. Random Processes.
8. The Dynamics Of Many Particle Systems.
9. Normal Modes and Waves.
10. Electrodynamics.
11. Numerical Integration and Monte Carlo Methods.
12. Random Walks.
13. Percolation.
14. Fractals.
15. Complexity.
16. The Microcanonical Ensemble.
17. Monte Carlo Simulation Of The Canonical Ensemble.
18. Quantum Systems.
19. Epilogue: The Same Algorithms Give The Same Results.
Appendices: From Basic to Fortran.
From Basic to C.
Index.