This is an archived course. A more recent version may be available at ocw.mit.edu.
Overview of the format for a C program. (Image by Prof. Thomas Herring.)
Prof. Thomas Herring
Dr. Chris Hill
12.010
Fall 2008
Undergraduate
This course introduces programming languages and techniques used by physical scientists: FORTRAN, C, C++, MATLAB, and Mathematica. Emphasis is placed on program design, algorithm development and verification, and comparative advantages and disadvantages of different languages.