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SESSION: PHYSICS: Examples in Computational Physics Part I - Python-Based Examples
EVENT TYPE: Education
TIME: 10:30AM - 12:00PM
SESSION CHAIR: Rubin H Landau
Presenter(s):Rubin Landau
ROOM:WSCC 204
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.
Part I gives an overview, demonstrates the eTextBook and discusses some basic examples.
Assumed background: basic computer literacy; either 2 years of undergraduate physics or bachelors degree in mathematics or equivalent.
