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Program for radiation and toxic hazards
I worked in my masters thesis with $^{87}Rb$ and $^{40}K$, really small beta emitters. But there are so many other things around in the lab, that I want to keep track on all the things I might get in ...
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Statistics software for basic undergrad lab
I'll have to perform some simple experiments, like measuring the period and damping of a pendulum, focal length of a lens, …
As a result I will end up with some X, Y data points and need to calculate ...
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How to convert a FITS file to .xls Excel file?
We are trying to determine the isophots in elliptical galaxies in order
to check De-Vaucouleurs law. To do so, we want to convert the data from a
FITS file to Excel and analyze it using Excel math ...
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Are there websites or programmes that permit a simulation of the night sky in the past and the future on an ordinary computer?
Are there websites or programs that permit a simulation of the night sky in the past and the future on an ordinary computer?
(For the past, I would be content with objects visible to the naked eye.)
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What programming languages would be helpful for a physicist to know? [closed]
From the vantage point of a physicist and the kind of problems he would like a computer program to solve, what are the essential programming languages that a physicist should know.
I know C++ and I ...
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Online physics collaboration tools
I.e. online discussion with your friends. A forum is probably too overkill in this case.
Yet so far nothing can beat direct communication.
Important feature: the ability to archive discussions. We ...
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Is there a nice tool to plot graphs of paper citations? [closed]
I would like a tool which allows me to enter some paper citation, and then will begin drawing a graph, where each paper is linked to other papers that cite the original paper or are cited by it.
It ...
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Searching books and papers with equations
Sometimes I may come up with an equation in mind, so I want to search for the related material. It may be the case that I learn it before but forget the name, or, there is no name for the equation ...
