http://blog.benchside.com/2009/12/gpu-meets-spacedust/ The Crossroads of Science and Tech Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:37:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.benchside.com/2009/12/gpu-meets-spacedust/comment-page-1/#comment-273 Cosmic lens on the dark side of matter at Bench Press Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:05:13 +0000 http://blog.benchside.com/?p=1151#comment-273 [...] I have always been impressed with the work of astronomers. Unlike biologists and chemists who can, for a wide array of topics, actually touch and feel what they are studying, astronomers have to make conclusions with only careful observations conducted with powerful telescopes and computers informed by understanding the laws of physics (quantum and relativity included) and backed up by complex computational models. [...] [...] I have always been impressed with the work of astronomers. Unlike biologists and chemists who can, for a wide array of topics, actually touch and feel what they are studying, astronomers have to make conclusions with only careful observations conducted with powerful telescopes and computers informed by understanding the laws of physics (quantum and relativity included) and backed up by complex computational models. [...]

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