InGraphicmathsbyMartin McBride·Jul 8Numerical integration in Python with scipy.integrate — quad, dblquad and sampled dataNumerical integration exists to solve a fundamental problem. Many integrals encountered in real-world physics, engineering, statistics, and…A response icon1A response icon1
InGraphicmathsbyMartin McBride·Jun 26Circle inscribed in a 3–4–5 triangle puzzleHere is an interesting little puzzle that can be solved using basic geometry. The red circle touches each of the triangle’s three sides…A response icon3A response icon3
Martin McBride·Jun 21Relativity article listHere is my current list of articles about relativity, in the recommended redaing order. I hope to add more in the future:
InGraphicmathsbyMartin McBride·Jun 9Where is AI going? The 12 possible futures according to an MIT physics professorAI is progressing rapidly, barely a month goes by without news of yet another major advancement. But what does the long-term future hold?A response icon1A response icon1
InGraphicmathsbyMartin McBride·Jun 6Linear algebra with scipy.linalgIn this article, we will see how to use SciPy to perform linear algebra. This article is part of a series on SciPy.
InGraphicmathsbyMartin McBride·Jun 3The SciPy ecosystem, what it is and why you need itIf you’ve been writing Python for a while, you’ve almost certainly used NumPy. You probably know how to create arrays, slice them…
InGraphicmathsbyMartin McBride·Jun 2Why Time Slows Down When You Move Fast: The Secret Behind Einstein’s Lorentz FactorIn the article Special relativity time dilation, we saw that, according to special relativity, if we stand on a train station and observe a…
InGraphicmathsbyMartin McBride·May 21Why Does the Elevator Always Seem to Be Going the Wrong Way?Two physicists, Marvin Stern and George Gamow, worked in the same building, a large multi-storey building, with a single elevator serving…A response icon3A response icon3
InGraphicmathsbyMartin McBride·May 13Why Moving Clocks Tick Slower: Einstein’s Light Clock ExplainedWe saw in an earlier article that two events that occur simultaneously in one frame of reference might not occur simultaneously in another…
InGraphicmathsbyMartin McBride·Apr 28Relativity and simultaneity — Einstein’s clever thought experimentPeople have tried to measure the speed of light for centuries, dating back to Galileo or earlier. In the late 19th century, a few…A response icon4A response icon4
