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Title: Molecular Simulation of Fluids ISBN: 0-444-51082-6 Publisher: Elsevier Science Pub. Date: 17 May, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $85.00

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Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (4 reviews)

Rating: 2
Summary: good intention and useful, but disastrous C++ example code
Comment: I agree mostly with the other reviewers to say that this book is useful to some
extent for its brief review of molecular simulation and more so for the chapter
on object oriented programing.

However, I am really annoyed by the bad job done on the actual C++ example
code. While the class structure done in UML seems OK, the actual code is of a
very bad style and very misleading. I object to the fact that the code is still far
too procedural and encapsulation and information hiding have not really been
used at all. I found this really misleading, since I wanted to use the code and adapt
it to my own needs. There are some pretty dodgy style conventions also, such as
the inclusion of header files in header files, inconsistent class structure.

Beginners beware and keep a proper C++ for scientists and engineers book
on the side.

Rating: 5
Summary: A very useful book
Comment: This is a very useful book, particularly for researchers and graduate students. It explains many Monte Carlo and molecular simulation algorithms. Some are familiar but many are not described in detail elsewhere. The review of the literature is very comprehensive and up-to-date. A novel and unique feature is Chapter 10 which shows how to write simulation code using object-oriented analysis. Code is also given in C++. The book is expensive but it is worth every penny just for this chapter alone.

Rating: 3
Summary: Not the place to learn molecular simulation
Comment: The early chapters are really just a review of the available literature on the topic - a better place to start is the book by Frenkel and Smit. The redeeming feature is the interesting final chapter on object-oriented programming, though this won't interest everybody. For such an expensive book the typesetting and general layout is not as good as it could be.