Materials Simulations: References

Materials Simulations: Optional Texts

C++
- Thinking in C++, Bruce Eckel, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-917709-4.
- The C++ Programming Language, Bjarne Stroustrup, the creator of C++. Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-88954-4.
Design Patterns:
- Design Patterns : Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides, Grady Booch, Addison-Wesley Pub Co; ISBN: 0201633612.
Python:
- Learning Python (Help for Programmers) by Mark Lutz, David Ascher, Frank Willison (Editor), O'Reilly and Associates, ISBN 1585924649.
- Chris Myers has collected some python information links for your use.
- Python home page.
Molecular Dynamics:
- Computer Simulation of Liquids, by M.P. Allen and D.J.Tildesley, Oxford Univ Press; ISBN: 0198556454.
Monte Carlo:
- Monte Carlo Methods in Statistical Physics, M.E.J. Newman and G.T. Barkema, Oxford Univ Press; ISBN: 0198517971.
Finite Elements: (No obvious choices yet)
- (Myers): Finite Element Analysis: From Concepts to Applications, David S. Burnett, ASIN 0201108062, out of print.
- (Chen): Finite Element Method: Volume 1 and 2, by O.C. Zienkiewicz and R.L. Taylor.
Materials:
- Crystals, Defects and Microstructures: Modeling Across Scales, by Rob Phillips [draft form].

Old:

C/C++ Programmer's Reference, by Herbert Schildt, Osborne, ISBN 0-07-882367-6. A short handbook, with lists of all the functions.
C++, the Complete Reference, Herbert Schildt, Osborne, ISBN 0-07-882123-1.

MFC: (Microsoft Foundation Classes: windows, dialog boxes, ...)

Programming Windows 95 with MFC, Jeff Prosise, Microsoft Press, ISBN 1-55615-902-1. Jeff Tomasi liked this one.
Inside Visual C++, David J. Kruglinski, Microsoft Press, ISBN 1-57231-565-2.

Statistical Mechanics: Entropy, Order Parameters, and Complexity, now available at Oxford University Press (USA, Europe).