TY - BOOK AU - Gould,Harvey AU - Tobochnik,Jan AU - Christian,Wolfgang TI - An introduction to computer simulation methods: applications to physical systems SN - 0805377581 (alk. paper) AV - QC52 .G68 2007 U1 - 530.0113 22 PY - 2007///] CY - San Francisco PB - Pearson Addison Wesley KW - Physics KW - Data processing KW - Simulation methods KW - Computer simulation N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface * Introduction * Tools for Doing Simulations * Simulating Particle Motion * Oscillatory Systems * Few-Body Problems: The Motion of the Planets * The Chaotic Motion of Dynamical Systems * Random Processes * The Dynamics of Many Particle Systems * Normal Modes and Waves * Electrodynamics * Numerical and Monte Carlo Methods * Percolation * Fractals and Kinetic Growth Models * Complex Systems * Monte Carlo Simulations of Thermal Systems * Quantum Systems * Visualization and Rigid Body Dynamics * Seeing in Special and General Relativity * Epilogue: The Unity of Physics UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip062/2005030858.html ER -