Modeling and Simulation in Python

1INTRODUCTION TO MODELING

This chapter introduces the modeling framework we will use throughout the book and works through our first example, using a simple model of physics to evaluate the claim that a penny falling from the height of the Empire State Building could kill someone if it hit them on the head. You’ll also see how to do computation in Python with units like meters and seconds.

This chapter is available as a Jupyter notebook where you can read the text, run the code, and work on the exercises. You can access the notebooks at https://allendowney.github.io/ModSimPy.

The Modeling Framework

This book is about modeling and simulating physical ...