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Computational physics

by Steven E. Koonin

Designed to teach essential numerical techniques and computer modelling used in physics, with examples and projects to apply these techniques in classical, quantum, and statistical mechanics. Files on disk contain BASIC source codes for examples and projects in the text.

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?