PHY307/607 - Fall 2007
Science and Computers
Introduction to computational physics
Professor:
Simon Catterall,
309 Physics Building, 443-5978,
smc@physics.syr.edu
Class times: 11:00am-12:20 pm
Tuesdays: Physics 106 Thursdays: Link 110.
Required textbook:
This course is aimed at science and mathematics majors who are
interested in both science and computing. The goal of
the course will be to show how computers
can be used to learn about
scientific concepts and how they can be used as a tool
in solving scientific problems. Our main scientific examples will be
drawn from physics and we will study them using a programming language
called Python. In practice most of our work will use a
extension of this language called VPython which has a simple-to
-use graphical environment.
Announcements
Final -- Monday Dec 14 8:00-10:00am. Room 106 Physics
Revision sheet available
Final project presentations
Room 106 Physics
- Tuesday 4th (Matt, Thomas V, Gabrielle, Nick, Thomas G)
- Thursday 6th (Adam, Vince, Sean, Jeff, Michael)
Expect to talk for 10-15 mins and use Powerpt/pdf slides
Email me your talk/any python codes you need ahead of time. Or bring
a memory stick to class.
General Course Info ...
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Last modified: Tue Aug. 17 2007