Courses

Glossary of Color Science Terms Glossary of Color Science Terms- When one speaks about color, some of these terms are sure to be used. Extreme DIY: Building a homemade nuclear reactor in NYC Extreme DIY: Building a homemade nuclear reactor in NYC- The BBC reports on an amateur scientist who has built a homemade nuclear fusion reactor in the heart of Brooklyn, New York. ATCA Systems for Nuclear Fusion ATCA Systems for Nuclear Fusion- IPFN (Portugal) has been developing ATCA systems for nuclear fusion experiments. ATCA is a promising architecture to substantially enhance the per… The National Fusion Laboratory The National Fusion Laboratory- Introduction to thermonuclear controlled fusion, presented by CIEMAT. Statistical Mechanical Simulator Statistical Mechanical Simulator- Online applet and downloadable program to simulate equilibrium statistical mechanics. The Random Walk The Random Walk- Motion graphic web presentation examining the elemental one dimensional random walk showing how its probability distributions develop. Format allows independent a… SklogWiki: Statistical Mechanics SklogWiki: Statistical Mechanics- Wiki oriented towards theoretical and computational studies. Statistical Mechanics in a Nutshell Statistical Mechanics in a Nutshell- Lecture notes forming an introductory online text book. The Center for Complex Quantum Systems The Center for Complex Quantum Systems- University of Texas at Austin. Links to faculty and staff, events and books on chaos physics and other topics. Monte Carlo Simulation for Statistical Physics Monte Carlo Simulation for Statistical Physics- A brief online text book on Monte Carlo Methods by Paul Coddington, Syracuse University. Phase transitions on lattices Phase transitions on lattices- Phase transitions and solitons in magnetics, site and continuum percolations with interactive Java applets and comments. Molecular Dynamics Simulator Molecular Dynamics Simulator- Java applets to simulate motion of molecules under different potentials. Philosophy of Statistical Mechanics Philosophy of Statistical Mechanics- Entry in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy with bibliography and links. Boltzmann Transport Equation Boltzmann Transport Equation- A paper by Uri Lachish studying transport phenomena: currents and transport coefficients; thermally induced diffusion. Statistical Mechanics in a Nutshell Statistical Mechanics in a Nutshell- Lecture notes by Jochen Rau from a course on "Transport Theory" taught at Dresden University. History of Statistical Physics History of Statistical Physics- A short review by D. Flamm of the history of statistical physics. King's College London King's College London- Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Probability Group. Staff and preprints. ArXiv Statistical Mechanics ArXiv Statistical Mechanics- Recent papers and preprints in Statistical Mechanics. Entropy Entropy- Online journal intended for collegiate audiences. Provides links to web-based articles as well as some "basic" lessons on entropy. What Does Negative Temperature Mean? What Does Negative Temperature Mean?- A short article from USENET Physics FAQ. Neutron Scattering Society of America Neutron Scattering Society of America- A forum to discuss scientific issues, major facilities and instrumentation needed for world-class research in neutron scattering. The main g… Books on Computational Science Books on Computational Science- A handy list of books on Computational Sciences. Summer Schools on Computational Materials Science Summer Schools on Computational Materials Science- Web archive of materials from Materials Computation Center with summer school teaching materials and computer labs available for… Numerical Recipes Numerical Recipes- Complete free online versions of this standard textbook on computational methods, in the C, Fortran and Fortran-90 editions. PS/PDF. Software and C++ edition fo… Free university lectures Free university lectures- Lectures online on computer science, mathematics, physics. NIC Series NIC Series- From Theory to Algorithms, a summary of the key ingredients necessary to carry out simulation by the Forschungszentrum Jülich. Computational Physics with Python Computational Physics with Python- A complete introduction to the field of computational physics, with examples and exercises in the Python programming language. Computational Physics (PH281) Computational Physics (PH281)- Introduction to computational methods for simulating physical systems using MATLAB. Computational Physics by Jos Thijssen Computational Physics by Jos Thijssen- Free online support material with implementation of the algorithm and exercises of the book. Computational Physics Computational Physics- Source code for computational physics projects