<b>Book Review:</b> Numerical Methods in Physics with Python. Second Edition

Numerical Methods in Physics with Python by Alex Gezerlis is an excellent example of a textbook built on long and established teaching experience. The goals are clearly defined in the preface: Gezerlis aims to gently introduce undergraduate physics students to the branch of numerical methods and their concrete implementation in Python. To this end, the author considers a physics-applications-first approach. Every chapter begins with a motivation section on real physics problems (simple but adequate for undergraduate students), ends with a concrete project on a physics application, and is completed by a rich list of exercises often designed with a physics appeal.

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SIAM Review
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2025-02-06
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https://doi.org/10.1137/24m1650466
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Computational Physics and Python Applications
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Book Review: Numerical Methods in Physics with Python. Second Edition

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Gabriele Ciaramella
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Numerical Methods in Physics with Python by Alex Gezerlis is an excellent example of a textbook built on long and established teaching experience. The goals are clearly defined in the preface: Gezerlis aims to gently introduce undergraduate physics students to the branch of numerical methods and their concrete implementation in Python. To this end, the author considers a physics-applications-first approach. Every chapter begins with a motivation section on real physics problems (simple but adequate for undergraduate students), ends with a concrete project on a physics application, and is completed by a rich list of exercises often designed with a physics appeal.

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