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There are way more experimental physicists than theoretical physicists, and even theorists usually at least write Mathematica code...
by cozzyd 9y ago
There are way more experimental physicists than theoretical physicists, and even theorists usually at least write Mathematica code...
- jessriedel 9y ago"Way more" is an exaggeration. I'd estimate it's a 2:1 ratio (of profs and postdocs, not techs). Second, I am not disputing that most theorists use code from time to time. Lord knows I do. The claim is that this is nothing like 80% of their job.