Java Physics Tutorial?

[meow-muffin]

I was wondering if anyone knows of any really good java physics tutorials that would be easy to understand for beginners? :)

[stone555]

I was wondering if anyone knows of any really good java physics tutorials that would be easy to understand for beginners? :)Google is a great resource.

[meow-muffin]

Google has already failed me. :(

[stone555]

Google has already failed me. :(Try using boolean search on Google. It works great for me.
Serious.

[meow-muffin]

How do you boolean a search in Google cause i don't see it in advanced search? :confused:

[kotsoft]

well, sometimes it's better to search for a physics tutorial in general. it's not the language that's important. the important thing is that you understand the physics. maybe you were only searching for "java physics tutorial" and that's what failed you.

[meow-muffin]

I guess I'll try that but I'm still not that good at java so a specifically java oriented tutorial would be more useful. :)

[kotsoft]

so i guess first, you can go through these tutorials on the java language, and then you can look up some physics topics.
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/

off the top of my head, you could try searching some of these things (i haven't actually tried searching these in google yet):
vectors
rigid bodies
soft bodies
fluid dynamics
verlet integration

and maybe get a physics book or something and read through the outlines. the physics book will have everything in one place, but you'll probably be able to find the stuff on the internet too.

and then you probably want to look up big o notation. this will help you a little when it comes to optimizing, and also maybe java benchmarks.

[meow-muffin]

Thanks Kot! thats really helpful. :D

Edit: I got a java 6 for dummies book for my birthday. It has a chapter on making a Pong game with circle and wall collisions.