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Computational Physics


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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 005
EAN: 9780201150445
Edition: Har/Dis
ISBN: 0201122790
Label: Addison-Wesley
Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley
Number Of Pages: 423
Publication Date: 1986-01
Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Studio: Addison-Wesley


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Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - why BASIC ?
Sections of this book are thoroughly obsolete, where they refer to BASIC code. Remember that the text came out in 1985. Yet even then, the choice of BASIC to illustrate such matters as solving Laplace's equation in 2 dimensions was questionable. For computational problems, Fortran was then the main language. While C and Pascal could also have been used.

But perhaps Koonin was writing for a physics student completely unacquainted with any programming. In this case, BASIC as befits its ... Read More




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