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Python is the best language (for scientific computing)
If you are a physicist, chemist, material scientist, or any other type of researcher involved with modeling things in computers, chances are you already know some Python. While Python is highly criticized in some circles, there is no question it has been massively successful in the scientific community. In this piece I will put forward some reasons why I think Python is uniquely suited to research. I will focus more on the physics/material science community, as I know it better, but I believe a lot of what I write should apply to other communities. ...