Articles Tagged with calculation

The limits of knowledge

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Necessary learning

Nowadays, one needs to learn software in order to learn software.

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A simpler theory (II)

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Writing down the equation

We notice how mathematical notation affects scientific progress.

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Big Bang vs. Steady State

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A misremembered episode

The Big Bang won.  But not the way it’s normally presented.

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Beware 2038!

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Numbers and the sky

We describe a year when the rules don’t work.

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Round numbers

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An even ten-thousand

We note an almost unknown milestone.

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What are the chances?

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Some Bayesian statistics

Mathematics isn’t always counterintuitive.

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A good plot

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This against that

What do your data really say?

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Better but harder

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Simple becomes difficult

We ponder how the same scientific task gets harder with time.

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Updates

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Light and peppers

We report on things inevitable and unpredictable.

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Liquids in space?

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Chemical calculations

An offhand comment led to a set of hybrid calculations.

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