The python ecosystem has changed a lot over the last year, especially with respect to tooling. The usage of Rust has opened new, very fast, and by now very popular tools that aid in linting (ruff) and package management (uv, rye). But what tools are there if you want to share your python applications with colleagues that do not use python?
One of my favorite radio shows is Radiolab, which always presents the listener with an interesting scientific question from across the board. In a recent rerun, Radiolab discussed Stochasticity. Something struck me as odd...
Writing is an important part of everybody's scientific work. I have taken several writing courses over the years. My approach to writing has been shaped by these courses with some additional experience. Is it great now? Surely not, but better than it used to be! Here are some of my pointers.
Assume the following thought experiment: The Earth circling the Sun at a cozy distance of 1 AU (around 150 million km) suddenly stands still and doesn't move anymore. The only force left on the Earth is now the Sun's gravitational pull. How long will it be until we crash into the Sun?
Let's calculate how many atoms are in a SiC stardust grain and use python to do so!