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In recent years the method of computer simulation has started something like a revolution of science: the old division of physics (as well as chemistry, biology, etc.) into experimental and theoretical branches is no longer really complete. Rather, computer simulation has become a third branch complementary to the first two traditional approaches.
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Binder, K., Heermann, D.W. (2019). Introduction: Purpose and Scope of This Volume, and Some General Comments. In: Monte Carlo Simulation in Statistical Physics. Graduate Texts in Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10758-1_1
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