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Posted on February 26, 2016

LIGO Ain’t a Gravitational Wave Detector—It’s an Observatory

LIGO Ain’t a Gravitational Wave Detector—It’s an Observatory
In order to use LIGO for astronomy, you need to know the location of the source of the gravitational waves. Here's how that works. The post LIGO Ain't a Gravitational Wave Detector—It's an Observatory appeared first on WIRED.
Posted on January 29, 2016

Use Code to Create Sweet 3-D Visualizations of Electric Fields

Use Code to Create Sweet 3-D Visualizations of Electric Fields

Here is a quick introduction to the superposition of electric fields and visualizing the E-field due to a dipole using VPython.

The post Use Code to Create Sweet 3-D Visualizations of Electric Fields appeared first on WIRED.

Posted on August 14, 2015

You Should Be Coding in Your Physics Course

You Should Be Coding in Your Physics Course

Using computers to solve physics problems isn't new, but very few introductory courses utilize this technique. I think it's time for a change.

The post You Should Be Coding in Your Physics Course appeared first on WIRED.

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