Giovanni Battimelli

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Computer Meets Theoretical Physics: The New Frontier of Molecular Simulation (2020)Hardcover - 2020, 18 June 2020

Computer Meets Theoretical Physics: The New Frontier of Molecular Simulation (2020)
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Part of Series
Frontiers Collection
Print Length
206 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Springer
Date Published
18 Jun 2020
ISBN-10
3030393984
ISBN-13
9783030393984

Description

This book provides a vivid account of the early history of molecular simulation, a new frontier for our understanding of matter that was opened when the demands of theoretical physicists were met by the availability of the modern computers.

Since their inception, electronic computers have enormously increased their performance, thus making possible the unprecedented technological revolution that characterizes our present times. This obvious technological advancement has brought with it a silent scientific revolution in the practice of theoretical physics. In particular, in the physics of matter it has opened up a direct route from the microscopic physical laws to observable phenomena. One can now study the time evolution of systems composed of millions of molecules, and simulate the behaviour of macroscopic materials and actually predict their properties. Molecular simulation has provided a new theoretical and conceptual tool that physicists could only dream of when the foundations of statistical mechanics were laid.

Molecular simulation has undergone impressive development, both in the size of the scientific community involved and in the range and scope of its applications. It has become the ubiquitous workhorse for investigating the nature of complex condensed matter systems in physics, chemistry, materials and the life sciences. Yet these developments remain largely unknown outside the inner circles of practitioners, and they have so far never been described for a wider public. The main objective of this book is therefore to offer a reasonably comprehensive reconstruction of the early history of molecular simulation addressed to an audience of both scientists and interested non-scientists, describing the scientific and personal trajectories of the main protagonists and discussing the deep conceptual innovations that their work produced.

Product Details

Authors:
Giovanni BattimelliGiovanni CiccottiPietro Greco
Book Edition:
2020
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
NL
Date Published:
18 June 2020
Dimensions:
23.39 x 15.6 x 1.42 cm
ISBN-10:
3030393984
ISBN-13:
9783030393984
Language:
English
Location:
Cham
Pages:
206
Publisher:
Weight:
485.34 gm

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