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Re:Is it time to change the undergraduate physics curriculum? by cozzyd on Friday December 01, 2017 @01:15AM (#15822283)
There are way more experimental physicists than theoretical physicists, and even theorists usually at least write Mathematica code...
Re:Is it time to change the undergraduate physics curriculum? by jessriedel on Friday December 01, 2017 @09:29AM (#15823985)
"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.