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The Open Source Physics Project creates and distributes curricular material for physics education and computational physics. Compiled programs, curricular materials, a modeling environment, Java code libraries, and data analysis tools are included. The learning resources include interactive explorations, conceptual and analytic exercises, and tutorials. Open Source Physics projects include curriculum for computational physics and statistical physics, video analysis software, and upper division physics courses. Open Source Physics is supported by the National Science Foundation.
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Open Source Physics: A User's Guide with ExamplesThis java archive (jar file) contains ready-to-run programs that show how to use the Open Source Physics Code library. The Open Source Physics: A Users Guide with Examples by W. Christian (Addison-Wesley 2007) provides a description of these programs and the entire … download 1546kb .jar Published: June 26, 2006 Rights: Copyright, Wolfgang Christian. This material is made available free of charge consistent with the GNU General Public License. Details are available on the Open Source Physics website, http://www.opensourcephysics.org
Open Source Physics: DemonstrationsThis java archive (jar) file contains examples of advanced physics curricular material by Mario Belloni and Wolfgang Christian. This package is described in Chapter 16 of Open Source Physics: A User's Guide with Examples. Multiple examples are combined in this jar file as a Launcher package. download 3476kb .jar Published: June 26, 2006 Rights: Copyright, Mario Belloni and Wolfgang Christian. This material is made available free of charge consistent with the GNU General Public License. Details are available on the Open Source Physics website, http://www.opensourcephysics.org
Open Source Physics: Computer Simulation MethodsThis java archive (jar) file contains examples from An Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods, third edition by Harvey Gould, Jan Tobochnik, and Wolfgang Christian (Addison-Wesley 2007). Multiple examples are combined in this jar file as a Launcher package. download 1400kb .jar Published: June 26, 2006 Rights: Copyright, Harvey Gould, Jan Tobochnik, and Wolfgang Christian. This material is made available free of charge consistent with the GNU General Public License. Details are available on the Open Source Physics website, http://www.opensourcephysics.org
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