A Physicist's Guide to Mathematica

Tam, Patrick T.

ISBN 10: 0126831904 / ISBN 13: 9780126831900

Published by Academic Press, Reading, Mass.

About this Item

Softcover 1st edition / 1st printing (1997). Good condition overall without diskette. Covers show moderate edge and corner wear. Front cover has been tape reinforced to the spine; otherwise, the binding is tight. The interior pages are clean and unmarked. The book will be carefully packaged for shipment for protection from the elements. An electronic tracking number issued free of charge.

Seller Inventory # 13365

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Physicist's Guide to Mathematica
• Publisher: Academic Press, Reading, Mass.
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0126831904
• ISBN 13: 9780126831900
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Printing: First Printing
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Dimensions: 9.2W x 7.5H x 1.1D inches 9.2 inches width by 7.5 inches height by 1.1 inches depth

About this title

Synopsis

A Physicists Guide to Mathematica(r) teaches students and professional physicists how to master Mathematica using examples and approaches that will appeal to them. The book illustrates the usefulness of Mathematica in learning, teaching, and carrying out research in physics. Part One gives a practical, physics-oriented, and self-contained introduction to the program. Part Two covers the application of Mathematica to mechanics, electricityand magnetism, and quantum physics.
Mathematica enables the user to solve a wide range of physics problems, from the most important to those that are just for fun, and provides an environment that allows the user to develop a greater intuitive understanding of physics. This book aids the reader in using Mathematica for numerical, symbolic, and graphical calculations, and also demonstrates the programs capability to animate two- and three-dimensional graphics. Tams treatment of the subject is greatly detailed, and makes this book an essential reference for anyone needing an introduction to Mathematicas application to physics.
This book teaches upper-division and graduate physics students as well as professional physicists how to master Mathematic(r), using examples and approaches that are motivating to them. It also shows that this computer algebra system can be a powerful and wonderful tool for learning, teaching, and doing physics. Part I gives a practical, physics-oriented, and self-contained introduction to Mathematica. Part II considers the application of Mathematica to mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and quantum physics.

* Requires no prior knowledge of Mathematica or computer programming
* Includes a disk containing all Mathematica input used in the text for practical application, which can be used by both Macintosh and Windows users

About the Author

Patrick Tam received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Cornell University and is a professor of physics at Humboldt State University. He is an associate editor of Mathematica in Education and Research, and his papers have appeared in Computers in Physics and The Physics Teacher. He has given numerous invited talks on Mathematica, and has been the leader of many Mathematica workshops for the American Association of Physics Teachers and a two-week computer algebra workshop supported by a National Science Foundation faculty enhancement grant. He has served as a Mathematica consultant for Wolfram Research, Inc. and Carleton College.