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Science By Simulation – Volume 2: Models Of Classical Physics
Author(s): Andrew French (Author)
- Publisher: WSPC (EUROPE)
- Publication Date: October 9, 2025
- Language: English
- Print length: 332 pages
- ISBN-10: 1800616805
- ISBN-13: 9781800616806
Book Description
Models of Classical Physics is the second volume of Science by Simulation. It is a recipe book of mathematical models that can be enlivened by the transmutation of equations into computer code. In this volume, the examples represent the standard canon of Classical Physics (Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Waves and Optics, Electromagnetism) and are based upon paradigm problems and systems that all pre-university and undergraduate STEM students should have the opportunity to experience and, in time, master. Rather than the ‘what’ of Science, this book is aimed at the ‘how’, providing guidance that can be readily applied to projects by students and professionals. Written in a friendly style based upon the author’s expertise in teaching and pedagogy, this mathematically rigorous book is designed for readers to follow arguments step by step with stand-alone chapters (and indeed sections) which can be read independently. This approach will provide a tangible and accessible context for the development of a wide range of interconnected mathematical ideas and computing methods that underpin the practice of Science, and Physics in particular.
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About the Author
Dr Andrew French has taught Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science at Winchester College since 2011. Previously, he taught at Sherborne School, and worked in industry for eight years as a Radar Systems Engineer on a wide range of projects: from meteorological sensors to wind farms and signal processing algorithms associated with marine and land-based systems. While in industry, he completed a PhD at University College London on aspects of phased-array radars. He studied at Christ’s College, Cambridge, from 1997–2002, culminating in a Master’s in Experimental and Theoretical Physics. He also holds a postgraduate Master of Philosophy degree in Fluid Dynamics from the BP Institute in Cambridge and a PGCE in Secondary Mathematics teaching from Southampton University. Dr French is currently working on a number of educational outreach and research projects, including the Eclecticon resource website and Science by Simulation book series, and he has also co-authored several recent papers in Physics Education relating to epidemiology and numerical methods in introductory calculus teaching. The first volume of Science by Simulation (A Mezze of Mathematical Models) was published in 2022.
Dr French delivers a popular weekly online training seminar for the British Physics Olympiad (BPhO) and is the principal author of the BPhO Computational Challenge, which has been running since 2022.
