Book for someone new to N-Body Simulations

[ElPimiento]

Hi,
I'm interested in research on the formation of dark matter halos and was hoping that I might, in the future, run an N-Body simulation on the subject. However, I do not have any experience with N-Body simulations. I only know C, but I am learning Python.
So, does anyone have a suggestion for an introductory book on N-Body simulations (in a cosmological context)?

thanks,
Pimiento

 

[ElPimiento]

Currently I'm thinking either this scholarpedia article or N-Body Simulations: Tools and Algorithms, by Sverre J. Aarseth is a good place to start.

 

[deskswirl]

Not sure about the cosmological context but either of the books by Donald Greenspan are pretty good:
N-Body Problems And Models
Molecular And Particle Modelling Of Laminar And Turbulent Flows

Also if you are trying to get into parallel computing look at CUDA or OpenCL.