=== CS2: Programming for Scientists and Engineers ===

Learn high-level programming through exammples -- everything that might be useful
to a non-programmer, including object-oriented programming.  Start with the
simplest programs first.  Each program has a list of pre-requisites and a
presentation of syntax introduced with that program.  Other than that, the examples
can be studied in any order.

It is not necessary for students to understand the math or science behind these
examples.  They are intended as a sample from a subject area and an example of
using computation to not only solve a problem, but understand the solution.
Laplace's equation is a good example.  This can be illustrated as a heat-flow
problem, and the solution can be understood without any partial differential
equations.  A 2D plot with color bands makes an excellent demo.

1. Math
     Fractals & Chaos http://ece.arizona.edu/~edatools/ece175/Lecture
     Polynomials http://www.skylit.com/python/Chapter11-Polynomials.pdf
     Blackjack
     Monte Carlo & Central Limit Theorem
     Fourier Analysis
2. Physics
     Maxwell's Daemon - [edu-sig] 12/10/08 Warren Sande
     Precession of Mercury
     Laplace's Equation - [edu-sig] 12/10/08 Warren Sande
     H Bomb
     Black Hole
     Wave-Particle Paradox
3. Engineering
     Bridge Collapse
     Failsafe Reactor
     Digital Circuit Simulation
     Ethernet Overload  http://ece.arizona.edu/~edatools/ece478/Ethernet
     Internet Congestion
     Binary Decision Diagrams  http://ece.arizona.edu/~edatools/ece474/PyLogDes
4. Computer Science
     Core Wars - [edu-sig] 12/10/08 Winston Wolff
     Quick Sort
     Bin Packing http://www.cs.arizona.edu/icon/oddsends/bpack/bpack.htm
         http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knapsack_problem
     Public Key Cryptography (using bin packing)
     Advanced Encryption Standard
5. Geology
     Lightning Bolt
     Tsunami - how fast, how high
     Stalagmite - patterns from chaos
6. Astronomy
     Star Cluster
     Global Warming
7. Economics
     Stock Market Madness - [edu-sig] 12/10/08 Warren Sande
8. Linguistics
     Natural Language Toolkit - [edu-sig] 12/21/08 Steven Bird
       http://www.nltk.org

H. High School Math
Factoring Polynomials - [edu-sig] 12/13/08 Michel Paul
Elegant Algorithms - [edu-sig] 1/14/09 Kirby Urner