EAN: 9783319806945

CONCISE GUIDE TO COMPUTING FOUNDATIONS - KEVIN ...

This book will help future scientists to become more intelligent users of computing technology
in their practice of science. The content is suitable for introductory courses on the
foundations of computing and the specific application of computers in different areas of
science. The text presents a set of modules for use in existing science courses in order to
integrate individual aspects of computational thinking  as well as a set of modules introducing
the computer science concepts needed to understand the computing involved. These modules guide
science students in their independent learning. The book covers computing applications in such
diverse areas as bioinformatics  chemical kinetics  hydrogeological modeling  and mechanics of
materials  geographic information systems  flow analysis  the solving of equations  curve
fitting  optimization  and scientific data acquisition. The computing topics covered include
simulations  errors  data representation  algorithms  XMS  compression  databases  performance
and complexity.

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