Padraig Houlahan

Python Experiments in Physics and Astronomy

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Python Experiments in Physics and Astronomy acts as a resource for science and engineering students or faculty who would like to see how a diverse selection of topics can be analyzed and simulated using Python programs.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• ISBN-13: 9781032981895
• ISBN-10: 103298189X
• Artikelnr.: 72109116

Autorenporträt

Padraig Houlahan recently retired from a career spanning both college teaching and IT Management. He was the IT Director for Lowell Observatory for almost 17 years, and a systems analyst for Oregon State University before that. Prior to working in IT, Houlahan was an Assistant Professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and after a career in IT he returned to teaching Physics for ERAU.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Python and Object Oriented Design Notes. 2. Exploring Data. 3. Signals
and Trends. 4. Gravity Fields and Mass Distributions. 5. Spiral Galaxies
and Dark Matter. 6. Sampling a Distribution. 7. Projectiles - The German
88. 8. Rocket Launches. 9. Building a star catalog from an image. 10.
Photometry: Measuring object brightness. 11. Aligning Images and Finding
Targets. 12. The Saha Equation and the Balmer Spectrum. 13. Isochrons - The
Ages of Rocks.