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Open Source Physics: A User's Guide with Examples, 3/E
Wolfgang Christian

ISBN-10: 080537759X
ISBN-13:  9780805377590

Publisher:  Addison-Wesley
Copyright:  2007
Format:  Paper Bound w/CD-ROM; 224 pp
Published:  01/06/2006
Status: Out of Print


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The Open Source Physics project provides a comprehensive collection of Java applications, smaller ready-to-run simulations, and computer-based interactive curricular material. This book provides all the background required to make best use of this material and is designed for scientists and students wishing to learn object-oriented programming using Java in order to write their own simulations and develop their own curricular material.

The book provides a convenient overview of the Open Source Physics library and gives many examples of how the material can be used in a wide range of teaching and learning scenarios. Both source code and compiled ready-to-run examples are conveniently included on the accompanying CD-ROM.  The book also explains how to use the Open Source Physics library to develop and distribute new curricular material.



This product accompanies:
Gould, Tobochnik & Christian,  Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods, An: Applications to Physical Systems, 3/E


Features

  • Describes how to compile and run Open Source Physics programs using the Eclipse integrated development environment.
  • Includes source code, ready-to-run programs, and ancillary curricular material for An Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods by Harvey Gould, Jan Tobochnik, and Wolfgang Christian.
  • Provides upper-level physics curricular material from the Statistical and Thermal Physics project by Harvey Gould and Jan Tobochnik and from the Open Source Physics project by Wolfgang Christian, Mario Belloni, and Anne Cox.
  • Includes the Tracker video analysis program by Doug Brown and the Easy Java Simulations modeling program by Francisco Esquembre.


Table of Contents

 

Preface

  1.  Introduction to Open Source Physics
  2.  A Tour of Open Source Physics
  3.  Frames Package
  4.  Drawing
  5.  Controls and Threads
  6.  Plotting
  7.  Animation, Images, and Buffering
  8.  Two-Dimensional Scalar and Vector Fields
  9.  Differential Equations and Dynamics
  10.  Numerics
  11. XML Documents
  12. Visualization in Three Dimensions
  13. Video
  14.  Utilities
  15. Launching Physics Curricular Material
  16. Tracker Video Analysis
  17. Easy Java Simulations Modeling
  18. The BQ Database



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