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DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:ABSTRACT: Although physics faculty are incorporating computers to enhance physics education, computation is often viewed as a black box whose inner workings need not be understood. We open up the black box by providing Computational Physics (CP) curricula materials based on a problem-solving paradigm that can be incorporated into existing physics classes, or used in stand-alone CP classes. These assume a computational science point of view, where understanding of the applied math and CS is also important, and in which a compiled language is used in order for students to get closer to the algorithms. The materials derive from a new eTextbook available on the Web (http://physics.oregonstate.edu/~rubin/Books/eBookWorking/) that includes video-based lectures, Python programs, applets, visualizations and animations.=0A=0APart I gives an overview, demonstrates the eTextBook and discusses some basic examples.=0A=0AAssumed background: basic computer literacy; either 2 years of undergraduate physics or bachelors degree in mathematics or equivalent.
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