References

Computational Physics:

• Recommended Books:
  • Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods: Applications to Physical Systems, Second Edition, Harvey Gould and Jan Tobochnik (Addison-Wesley, 1996). This book has a home page.
  • An Introduction to Computational Physics, Tao Pang (Cambridge University Press, 1997). This book has a home page.
  • Computational Physics, by N. Giordano (Prentice Hall, 1996), used for Computational Physics II in Fall 1997.
  • Computational Physics: FORTRAN Version, by S. Koonin and D. Meredith (Addison Wesley, 1990). This book was used as the text for Computational Physics several times in the past.
  • Physik per Computer, by W. Kinzel and G. Reents (Spektrum Verlag, 1996).

• Internet Resources:
  • Xtoys, by M. Creutz.
  • Physlets, by W. Christian.

Numerical Methods:

• Recommended Books:
  • Numerical Recipes in C: The Art of Scientific Computing, by W. Press, B. Flannery, S. Teukolsky, and W. Vetterling (Cambridge, 1993). This is a recommended text available in the bookstore.

• Internet Resources:
  • Numerical Recipes Home Page.

Java Programming

• Recommended Books:
  • The Java Programming Language, by Ken Arnold and James Gosling (Addison-Wesley, 1998), designers of the Java Language. Note: this otherwise excellent book does NOT discuss Java graphics programming.
  • Thinking in Java, by Bruce Eckel (Prentice Hall, 1998). Excellent book, especially if you know C++. The author has made it available for free on his home page!
  • Core Java - Volume 1: Fundamentals, by Cay Horstmann and Gary Cornell (Prentice Hall, 1998).
  • Java in a Nutshell, by David Flanagan (O'Reilly, 1997).
  • See the ComputerLiteracy listing of Recommended Java Titles for more good Java books.

• Internet Resources:
  • Sun's Java Page Free Java Development Kit and Documentation including a nice Tutorial.
  • Java Programmer's FAQ

C++ Programming:

• Recommended Books:
  • The C++ Programming Language, Third Edition, by B. Stroustrup (Addison Wesley, 1997). Excellent reference book by the designer of C++, but maybe not for beginners!
  • Scientific and Engineering C++: An Introduction with Advanced Techniques and Examples, by J. Barton and L. Nackman (Addison Wesley, 1994). This is an excellent (but quite advanced) book on object-oriented programming of mathematical and scientific applications.
  • For more elementary tutorial books, look at the Recommended C++ Titles at Computer Literacy, or search the bestseller lists at Amazon.com.

• Internet Resources:
  • The C++ Virtual Library.
  • Yahoo!'s C++ page and C++ FAQ's list.
  • Usenet news groups: comp.lang.c++ and comp.lang.c++.moderated.

Graphics:

• Download Gnuplot for your PC or MAC from the Gnuplot Home Page

• Another good plotting program available on Sun workstations at UB is Xmgr.
  Type xmgr at the Unix prompt. Check out the User Guide.

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