User's Guide CD

 

Open Source Physics Launcher is a Java application that can execute (launch) other Java programs. We use Launcher to organize and distribute collections of ready to run programs, documentation, and curricular material in a single easily modifiable package.

The following launcher packages are available on the OSP CD [W. Christian, Open Source Physics: A User’s Guide with Examples, Addison Wesley, 2007] and from the OSP website:

~~~osp.jar contains the Open Source Physics code library.  Because this archive's manifest executes Launcher, it can be used with almost any Java application using an external xml file that specifies additional jar files.

~~~osp_guide.jar is self-contained archive that demonstrates how to use the OSP code library from Open Source Physics: A Users Guide With Examples by Wolfgang Christian.

~~~osp_demo.jar is a self-contained archive of advanced physics curricular material written by Mario Belloni and Wolfgang Christian.

~~~osp_csm.jar is a self-contained archive of examples from An Introduction to Computer Simulation Methods third edition by Harvey Gould, Jan Tobochnik, and Wolfgang Christian.

License:

Launcher was written by Doug Brown and is being distributed by the Open Source Physics project under the GNU GPL license.