Articles Tagged with calculation

A simpler theory (II)

Writing down the equation

We notice how mathematical notation affects scientific progress.

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Big Bang vs. Steady State

A misremembered episode

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

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Beware 2038!

Numbers and the sky

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

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Round numbers

An even ten-thousand

We note an almost unknown milestone.

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What are the chances?

Some Bayesian statistics

Mathematics isn’t always counterintuitive.

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A good plot

This against that

What do your data really say?

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Better but harder

Simple becomes difficult

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

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Updates

Light and peppers

We report on things inevitable and unpredictable.

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Liquids in space?

Chemical calculations

An offhand comment led to a set of hybrid calculations.

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Programmable (II)

Victory of the geeks

We note one time when the computer-engineers won over the marketers.

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