Preface to special edition on blast load characterisation

Preface to Second Edition

Preface to the Special Edition on Femtochemistry and “The Hamburg Conference on Femtochemistry 2015 (FEMTO12)”

This special issue is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Ahmed Zewail, the founder of the field and the public-keynote speaker of the Leuchtturm (Tower of Light) Lecture (https:// www.femto12.org/leuchtturm) at FEMTO12. Femtochemistry addresses the very nature of the chemical bond. It aims at unraveling the ultrafast dynamics of bond forming and breaking. Molecules and atoms are the building blocks...

Preface to the First Edition

Preface to the First Edition

First Edition “We are to admit no more causes of natural things” (as we are told by Newton) than “such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.” This central theme is basic to the pursuit of science, and goes back to the principle known as Occam’s razor: “if presented with a choice between indifferent alternatives, then one ought to select the simplest one.” Unconsciously o...

Preface to the Third Edition

While the first edition of this textbook was based on a one-year course in computational physics with a rather limited scope, its extent has been increased substantially in the third edition, offering the possibility to select from a broader range of computer experiments and to deepen the understanding of the important numerical methods. The computer experiments have always been a central part ...