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PHYS 251 - Introduction to
Computer Techniques in Physics



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Latest Modification: January 22, 2007

One should not view this list of books as either exhaustive or the very best in the field. They are representative and can serve as a basis from which to expand ones resources.


References on Computational Physics

  1. Baumann, G. Mathematica in Theoretical Physics. Telos, Springer-Verlag, 1996.
  2. Crandall, R. Projects in Scientific Computation. Telos, Springer-Verlag, 1996.
  3. Danby, J. M. A. Computer Modeling: From Sports To Spaceflight...From Order To Chaos. William-Bell, Inc., 1997.
  4. DeJong, M. Introduction to Computational Physics. Addison-Wesley, 1991.
  5. DeVries, P. L. A First Course in Computational Physics. John Wiley & Sons, 1994.
  6. Garcia, A. L. Numerical Methods for Physics, 2nd Edition. Prentice Hall, 2000.
  7. Giordano, N. J. Computational Physics. Prentice Hall, 1997.
  8. Gould, H., and J. Tobochnik. An Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods. Addison-Wesley, 1988.
  9. Koonin, S. E. Computational Physics. Addison-Wesley, Basic Version, 1985, Fortran Version, 1990.
  10. Landau, R. H., and M. J. Paez. Computational Physics: Problem Solving With Computers. Wiley-Interscience, 1997.
  11. Schmid, E. W., G. Spitz, and W. Losch. Theoretical Physics on the Personal Computer, 2nd Edition. Springer-Verlag, 1990.
  12. Zachary, J. I. Introducation to Scientific Programming. Telos, Springer-Verlag, 1996.

References on Selected Computational Physics Topics

  1. Bartschat, K. Computational Atomic Physics. Springer-Verlag, 1996.
  2. Fletcher, C. Computational Techniques for Fluid Dynamics, Vol. 1 & 2. Springer-Verlag, 1991.

References on Numerical Techniques and Software

  1. Buzzi-Ferraris, Guido. Scientific C++: Building Numerical Libraries the Object-Oriented Way. Addison-Wesley, 1993.
  2. Barton, J. J., and L. R. Nackman. Scientific and Engineering C++: An Introduction with Advanced Techniques and Examples. Addison-Wesley, 1994.
  3. Bloch, S. C. EXCEL for Engineers and Scientists. John Wiley & Sons, 2000.
  4. Etter, D. Introduction to MATLAB 5. Prentice Hall, 1999.
  5. Hanselman, D. C., and B. C. Littlefield. Mastering MATLAB 5: A Comprehensive Tutorial and Reference. Prentice Hall, 1997.
  6. Landau, R. H., and P. J. Fink, Jr. A Scientist's and Engineer's Guide to Workstation and Supercomputers. Wiley-Interscience, 1993.
  7. Liengme, B. V. A Guide to Microsoft EXCEL for Scientists and Engineers. John Wiley & Sons, 1997.
  8. Orvis, W. J. EXCEL for Scientists and Engineers, 2nd Ed. Sybex, 1996.
  9. Pohl, I. C++ for FORTRAN Programmers. Addison-Wesley, 1997.

References on Numerical Analysis

  1. Abramowitz, M., and I. A. Stegun. Handbook of Mathematical Functions. Dover Publications, 1972.
  2. Burden, R. Numerical Analysis, 6th Edition. ITP, 1997.
  3. Crandall, R. Topics in Advanced Scientific Computation. Telos, Springer-Verlag, 1996.
  4. Engeln-Mullges, G., and F. Uhlig. Numerical Algorithms with Fortran. Telos, Springer-Verlag, 1996.
  5. Engeln-Mullges, G., and F. Uhlig. Numerical Algorithms with C. Telos, Springer-Verlag, 1996.
  6. Gerald, C., and ?. Wheatley. Applied Numerical Analysis, 5th Edition. Addison-Wesley Publ., 1994.
  7. Greenspan, D, and V. Casulli. Numerical Analysis for Applied Mathematics, Science, and Engineering. Addison-Wesley, 1988.
  8. Nakamura, S. Applied Numerical Methods in C. Prentice Hall, 1993.
  9. Nakamura, S. Numerican Analysis and Graphic Visualization with Matlab. Prentice Hall, 1996.
  10. Stoer, J., and R. Bulirsch. Introduction to Numerical Analysis. Springer-Verlag, 1993.

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