Science and Computing with Raspberry Pi

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-68174-993-8
Verlag: IOP Concise Physics

Buch, Englisch, 82 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 177 g

The world of single-board computing puts powerful coding tools in the palm of your hand. The portable Raspberry Pi computing platform with the power of Linux yields an exciting exploratory tool for beginning scientific computing.

Science and Computing with Raspberry Pi takes the enterprising researcher, student, or hobbyist through explorations in a variety of computing exercises with the physical sciences. The book has tutorials and exercises for a wide range of scientific computing problems while guiding the user through: - Configuring your Raspberry Pi and Linux operating system
- Understanding the software requirements while using the Pi for scientific computing
- Computing exercises in physics, astronomy, chaos theory, and machine learning

Autoren/Hrsg.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Author biography
- 1. Raspberry Pi
- 2. Setting up your system
- 3. Chaos and non-linear dynamics
- 4. Physics and astronomy
- 5. Machine learning
- 6. Image combination and analysis
- Appendices

Über Autor(innen)

Brian R. Kent, Ph.D. is a scientist with the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Charlottesville, Virginia. His publications and studies in astrophysics and computing include scientific visualizations of a variety of theoretical and observational phenomena. He is interested in visualizing data for scientific analysis, 3D graphics, and introducing scientific programming via single-board computers like Raspberry Pi. Dr. Kent received his Ph.D. in Astronomy and Space Sciences from Cornell University.