Exploring physics with computer animation and PhysGL

• Tác giả: T. J Bensky
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-1681744247
• ISBN-13: 978-1681744254
• ISBN-13: 978-1681744278
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 530 Physics
• Thông tin xuất bản: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, 2016
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource (various pagings) : , illustrations (some color).
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 161240
• Chủ đề: 1. Computer animation; 2. Physics; 3. COMPUTERS / Programming Languages / Python; 4. Programming and scripting languages: general

Tóm tắt

This book shows how the web-based PhysGL programming environment (http://physgl.org) can be used to teach and learn elementary mechanics (physics) using simple coding exercises. The book's theme is that the lessons encountered in such a course can be used to generate physics-based animations, providing students with compelling and self-made visuals to aid their learning. Topics presented are parallel to those found in a traditional physics text, making for straightforward integration into a typical lecture-based physics course. Users will appreciate the ease at which compelling OpenGL-based graphics and animations can be produced using PhysGL, as well as its clean, simple language constructs. The author argues that coding should be a standard part of lower-division STEM courses, and provides many anecdotal experiences and observations, that include observed benefits of the coding work.