《计算物理(第2版)》是计算物理领域的一本优秀教材。它紧扣一些非常基本但难以解析求解的物理问题逐步展开，围绕各个物理学专题介绍了物理学研究中各种基本的计算机数值模拟方法，深入浅出地讨论其理论基础和实际应用，着重于解决实际物理问题的基本数值方法。这样可以使读者通过学习，对物理学中应用的主要计算技术有一个全面的了解，从而具有利用计算机进行数值计算解决复杂体系物理问题的能力。

Computational Physics is designed to provide direct experience in the computer modeling of physical systems. Its scope includes the essential numerical techniques needed to "do physics" on a computer. Each of these is developed heuristically in the text, with the aid of simple mathematical illustrations. However, the real value of the book is in the eight Examples and Projects, where the reader is guided in applying these techniques to substantial problems in classical, quantum, or statistical mechanics. These problems have been chosen to enrich the standard physics curriculum at the advanced undergraduate or beginning graduate level. The book will also be useful to physicists, engineers, and chemists interested in computer modeling and numerical techniques. Although the user-friendly and fully documented programs are written in FORTRAN, a casual familiarity with any other high-level language, such as BASIC, PASCAL, or C, is sufficient. The codes in BASIC and FORTRAN are available on the web at http://www.computationalphysics.info (Please follow the link at the bottom of the page). They are available in zip format, which can be expanded on UNIX, Window, and Mac systems with the proper software. The codes are suitable for use (with minor changes) on any machine with a FORTRAN-77 compatible compiler or BASIC compiler. The FORTRAN graphics codes are available as well. However, as they were originally written to run on the VAX, major modifications must be made to make them run on other machines.

《计算物理学》比较系统、详细地讲述了计算物理领域涉及的重要基本概念、数学基础与方法。书中不仅较多地讲述了在传统物理课题中常用的数值计算方法：如偏微分方程的数值求解方法、计算机模拟方法中的随机模拟方法--蒙特卡罗方法和确定性模拟--分子动力学方法以及神经元网络方法，而且较详细地介绍了计算机符号处理系统及其在理论物理中的应用。书中还提供了计算物理方法在理论和实验物理领域中的应用实例，并介绍了高性能计算机与并行算法。《计算物理学》内容丰富，体系较完整，适合于作为高等学校物理类高年级大学生和研究生的教学用书，也可以作为物理学科领域以外的其他师生及科研工作者的参考书。