Scientific and Engineering Problem-Solving with the Computer

by William Ralph Bennett

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0137958072
• ISBN13: 9780137958078
• Release Date: January 1976
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 457 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Oustanding book in Computational Physics

I also took Prof Bennett's course in college, for which this was our text book. The book is infused with Prof Bennett's wit and passion for instructing young scientists, making abstract concepts both easy to understand and entertaining. In addition, the computational problems are all extremely fun and highly instructional (for example, his discussion of the Magnus force and the 'ping-pong perfect shot' problem surprisingly has made for great cocktail conversation). Although my field of Computational Chemistry is not dealt with in the book, I found that his course served as excellent preparation in terms of gaining valuable programming skills and a deeper understanding of basic physics. It's been close to 11 years since I took it, and I still look back on it very fondly. In fact, his course is largely responsible for inspiring me to go to graduate school in my chosen field. It was one of the best I took in college, and his book was a perfect accompaniment.

A pure experience

Prof Bennett was a professor of mine in college and his course in computational physics was were I learned to think -- even though our studies focuse d only partially on physics. His book, for which I still search in print, leads the reader to a full understanding of how computers can help us with even the oldest of problems -- and does so while being open enough for a non-scientist to understand. Outstanding and inspirational.