https://lattay.srht.site/blog/ Recent content in Blog on Théo's homepage Hugo -- 0.160.1 en-us Copyright Théo Cavignac distributed under CC-BY-4.0 license Mon, 21 Jul 2025 16:30:07 +0200 https://lattay.srht.site/blog/python_is_the_best/ Mon, 21 Jul 2025 16:30:07 +0200 https://lattay.srht.site/blog/python_is_the_best/ <p>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.</p> <p>While Python is highly criticized in some circles, there is no question it has been massively successful in the scientific community.</p> <p>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.</p>