Number-crunching : taming unruly computational problems from mathematical physics to science fiction /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nahin, Paul J.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2011]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Item Description:"A collection of challenging problems in mathematical physics that roar like lions when attacked analytically, but which purr like kittens when confronted by a high-speed electronic computer and its powerful scientific software (plus some speculations for the future from science fiction)."
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:xxvi, 376 pages : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.