Series: Textbook Series in Physical Sciences

No-Frills Physics provides everything you need to get through a basic physics course. It guides students through all the essentials with a concise review of the concept, simple illustrations to demonstrate it, worked problems to showcase how to apply it, and a short quiz for self-testing. Whereas other standard books can be overwhelming to students, the author shares what has...

A Mathematica Primer for Physicists is described as “an excellent text for either a short course or self-study… Professor Napolitano has figured out what students really need, and found a way to deliver it… I have found everything he writes to be worthy of my serious attention…” —Peter D. Persans, Professor of Physics and Director, Center for Integrated Electronics, Rensselaer...

A Mathematica Primer for Physicists by Jim Napolitano offers an insightful overview for those eager to use Mathematica efficiently for basic physics problems. The author introduces all the key techniques and demonstrates their application through common examples. Chapters cover elementary mathematics concepts, differential and integral calculus, differential equations, vectors and matrices, data analysis, random number generation, animation, and visualisation. "…an...