A Computational Approach to Physics

This book offers a complete introduction and overview to the basics and fundamentals of computational methods that have been developed in physics at the undergraduate and upper-division levels. It details how to make a physical problem computable and tractable with a computer, through the use of numerous examples and solved problems ranging from classical mechanics, thermodynamics, and molecular dynamics, to quantum mechanics, random processes, and more. The book directly teaches the reader how to implement these techniques within a physical problem.