"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 2. Dynamical systems -- 2.1. Canonical mechanics -- 2.2. Weakly-chaotic dynamics -- 2.3. Quantum mechanics3. Phase space lattices -- 3.1. Lattice symmetry in phase space -- 3.2. Quasinumber band theory -- 3.3. Noncommutative geometry4. Many-body physics in phase space -- 4.1. Classical many-body dynamics …
"Version: 202111"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Why phase space? -- 1.2. Why not direct quantum methods? -- 1.3. Advantages and challenges of phase space -- 1.4. Old applications, new perspectives2. Wave packet formulation -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Wave packets as eigenfunctions in the classical limit -- 2.3. Wave packet symmetrization and over…
"Version: 20220501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.5. Experimental and other skills -- 5.1. Investigative work -- 5.2. Projects -- 5.3. Types of assessment -- 5.4. Examples of assessment criteria -- 5.5. General remarks6. Summaries and suggestions -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Emergent issues -- 6.3. Suggestions for improvement -- 6.4. Summary.1. Introduction and the purpo…
"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Creative thinking in physics -- 1.1. The relevance of creative thinking -- 1.2. Physics : cold comfort farm or possibility place? -- 1.3. Creative students? -- 1.4. Creative thinking doesn't come with a guarantee -- 1.5. Variety, the spice of physics teaching -- 1.6. Does it matter? -- 1.7. Something to reflect on2. Th…
"Version: 20230501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.3. Student anxieties : scary science -- 3.1. The Science Anxiety Clinic -- 4. Constructivism : rational versus radical -- 5. Relations and correlations6. Gender : not your grandmother's inequity -- 6.1. Statistics -- 6.2. Biological differences? -- 6.3. 'It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what y…
"Version: 20231101"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Preliminaries -- 1.1. Python -- 1.2. GitHub library -- 1.3. Datasets2. Introduction -- 2.1. What is machine learning? -- 2.2. Applications of machine learning -- 2.3. Different types of machine learning -- 2.4. Structure of the bookpart I. Supervised learning. 3. Supervised learning -- 3.1. Definitions, notations, and …
"Version: 20251001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Integrating computing in physics courses / Marcos D. (Danny) Caballero -- 2. Student engagement with computational modeling and the development of 'minimally working programs' / Brandon R. Lunk and Shawn A. Weatherford -- 3. Resources for integrating computation into physics courses : exercise sets, workshops, and a su…
"Version: 20240501"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction to the introduction -- 1.2. About the authors -- 1.3. What can you learn about the ISLE approach in the first book, Investigative science learning environment : when learning physics mirrors doing physics? -- 1.4. What will you find and what will you not find in this book? -- 1.5. Inte…
"Version: 20200801"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction to the physical models for plasmas -- 2. Elements of plasma kinetic theory -- 2.1. The Boltzmann equation -- 2.2. Relaxation model for molecular collisions -- 2.3. The Boltzmann collision integral -- 2.4. Commentaries and further reading3. Hydrodynamic description of plasmas -- 3.1. The moments of Boltzman…
"Version: 20221201"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.part I. Kinetic theory. 1. Boltzmann and Vlasov equations in plasma physics / Gianpiero Colonna -- 2. Two-term Boltzmann equation / Gianpiero Colonna and Antonio D'Angola -- 3. Multiterm and non-local electron Boltzmann equation / Detlef Loffhagen -- 4. Particle-based simulation of plasmas / Giovanni Lapenta -- 5. The erg…