Reading Resources

This collection of references is a growing list of references updated from the previous computational physics website maintained by Prof. John Evans.
Latest Modification: January 21, 2008

One should not view this list of books as either exhaustive or the very best in the field. They are representative and can serve as a basis from which to expand ones resources.

General References on Computational Physics

  1. Baumann, G. Mathematica in Theoretical Physics. Telos, Springer-Verlag, 1996.
  2. Crandall, R. Projects in Scientific Computation. Telos, Springer-Verlag, 1996.
  3. Danby, J. M. A. Computer Modeling: From Sports To Spaceflight...From Order To Chaos. William-Bell, Inc., 1997.
  4. DeJong, M. Introduction to Computational Physics. Addison-Wesley, 1991.
  5. DeVries, P. L. A First Course in Computational Physics. John Wiley & Sons, 1994.
  6. Garcia, A. L. Numerical Methods for Physics. Prentice Hall, 1994.
  7. Giordano, N. J. and H. NakanishiComputational Physics, 2nd Edition. Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2006.
  8. Gould, H., and J. Tobochnik. An Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods. Addison-Wesley, 1988.
  9. Koonin, S. E. Computational Physics. Addison-Wesley, Basic Version, 1985, Fortran Version, 1990.
  10. Landau, R. H., and P. J. Fink, Jr. A Scientist's and Engineer's Guide to Workstation and Supercomputers. Wiley-Interscience, 1993.
  11. Landau, R. H., M. J. Paez., and C. C. Bordeianu.Computational Physics: Problem Solving With Computers, 2nd, Revised and Enlarged Edition. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co KGaA, 2007.
  12. Pang, T. An Introduction to Computational Physics, 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press, 2006.
  13. Schmid, E. W., G. Spitz, and W. Losch. Theoretical Physics on the Personal Computer, 2nd Edition. Springer-Verlag, 1990.
  14. Yevick, D. A First Course in Computational Physics and Object-Oriented Programming with C++. Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  15. Vesely, Franz J. Computational Physics: An Introduction. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publisers, 2001.
  16. Zachary, J. I. Introducation to Scientific Programming. Telos, Springer-Verlag, 1996.

References on Selected Computational Physics Topics

  1. Bartschat, K. Computational Atomic Physics. Springer-Verlag, 1996.
  2. Fletcher, C. Computational Techniques for Fluid Dynamics, Vol. 1 & 2. Springer-Verlag, 1991.
  3. Newman, M. E. J. and G. T. Barkema. Monte Carlo Methods in Statistical Physics. Oxford University Press, 1999.
  4. Thijssen, J. M. Computational Physics. Cambridge University Press, 1999.
  5. Wilson, H. R. Spikes Decisions and Actions: Dynamical Foundations of Neuroscience. Oxford University Press, 1999.

General References on Numerical Analysis

  1. Acton, F.S.,Numberical Methods that Usually Work . Mathematical Association of America, 1990.
  2. Abramowitz, M., and I. A. Stegun. Handbook of Mathematical Functions. Dover Publications, 1972.
  3. Burden, R. Numerical Analysis, 6th Edition. ITP, 1997.
  4. Crandall, R. Topics in Advanced Scientific Computation. Telos, Springer-Verlag, 1996.
  5. Engeln-Mullges, G., and F. Uhlig. Numerical Algorithms with Fortran. Telos, Springer-Verlag, 1996.
  6. Engeln-Mullges, G., and F. Uhlig. Numerical Algorithms with C. Telos, Springer-Verlag, 1996.
  7. Gerald, C., and ?. Wheatley. Applied Numerical Analysis, 5th Edition. Addison-Wesley Publ., 1994.
  8. Greenspan, D, and V. Casulli. Numerical Analysis for Applied Mathematics, Science, and Engineering. Addison-Wesley, 1988.
  9. Nakamura, S. Applied Numerical Methods in C. Prentice Hall, 1993.
  10. Nakamura, S. Numerican Analysis and Graphic Visualization with Matlab. Prentice Hall, 1996.
  11. Press, W.H. et al. Numerical Recipes in C: The Art of Scientific Computing, 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press, 1992.
  12. Sauer, T. Numerical Analysis. Pearson-Addison Wesley, 2006.
  13. Stoer, J., and R. Bulirsch. Introduction to Numerical Analysis. Springer-Verlag, 1993.