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Conveying the excitement and allure of physics, this progressive text uses a computational approach to introduce students to the basic numerical techniques used in dealing with topics and problems of prime interest to today's physicists. *Contains a wealth of topics to allow instructors flexibility in the choice of topics and depth of coverage: *Examines projective motion with and without realistic air resistance. * Discusses planetary motion and the three-body problem. * Explores chaotic motion of the pendulum and waves on a string. * Considers topics relating to fractal growth and stochastic systems. * Offers examples on statistical physics and quantum mechanics. *Contains ample explanations of the necessary algorithms students need to help them write original programs, and provides many example programs and calculations for reference. * Students and instructors may access sample programs through the authors web site: http: //www.physics.purdue.edu/ ng/comp_phys.html *Includes a significant amount of additional material and problems to give students and instructors flexibility in the choice of topics and depth of coverage

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• Preface
• 1 A First Numerical Problem
• 2 Realistic Projectile Motion
• 3 Oscillatory Motion and Chaos
• 4 The Solar System
• 5 Potentials and Fields
• 6 Waves
• 7 Random Systems
• 8 Statistical Mechanics, Phase Transitions, and the Ising Model
• 9 Molecular Dynamics
• 10 Quantum Mechanics
• 11 Interdisciplinary Topics
• Appendix 1 Ordinary Differential Equations
• Appendix 2 The Fourier Transform
• Appendix 3 The Method of Least Squares
• Appendix 4 Selected Program Listings
• Index

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CHOICE Review

Giordano introduces elementary, computer-based numerical methods and uses them to solve problems from many subfields of physics. Previous understanding of calculus and mastery of a general physics sequence are minimum requirements for their appropriate use. Numerical techniques, including the Euler method and some simple modifications, spectral methods, Monte Carlo methods, and solutions of partial differential equations are discussed. Limitations are presented, but the reader is referred to appendixes and references for more complete treatment of the methods and their accuracy. The use of True Basic programming is introduced and is required to achieve maximum benefit from the book. Sample programs are provided, and numerous exercises of varying difficulty encourage the reader to create new programs and modify those presented to explore a variety of physics. A broad range of topics, including mechanics, the solar system, electric and magnetic fields, waves, random processes, statistical mechanics, molecules, and quantum mechanics, are included in the 11 chapters. The breadth of coverage allows considerable flexibility in choice of topics. An excellent introduction for undergraduates. D. S. Fielder; SUNY College at Oneonta