I do Monte Carlo simulations at Princeton, and found this book to be the most helpful available for getting my research started. It is my most common reference, and is used extensively in writing background information for various research documents.

However, after you have written your first few codes, you will pass the level of this book and need to move on. I use it less now than I did my first year.

Every student in my group (Panagiotopoulos) has this book I think. And like me, they started with it, but moved on.


Excellent text for beginners in simulation   November 19, 2004
Kanishk Rastogi (Albany, NY United States)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful

Its an excellent book for those who are just beginners in MC & MD simulations. everything is very clearly explained with lot of examples and some related unsolved problems. the text explores this topic indetails with advanced chapters in later sections. Good for anybody int hsi field be it in materials science, physics or related fields.


An excellent introduction   September 21, 2000
Anatoli Naz (Pittsburgh, PA USA)
This book is an excellent introduction to the field of molecular dynamics simulation. It is easy to follow for a scientist entering the field and at the same time contains overview of most critical topics in MD simulation. The book's major goal is to describe how to simulate liquids, however it also mentions briefly the methods for gas and liquid simulations. List of references for further readings is very useful and complete.


great book for MD basics   May 6, 2007
Lorant Janosi (Houston, TX USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

I was especially delighted about the Monte Carlo methods and the free energy calculation techniques.