Tag Archives: open source

Seat of learning

Posted on 17/01/2011 by

At The Guardian.

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Can you tell what it is yet?

Posted on 22/09/2010 by

Detailed software models of particle physics detectors are an essential part of designing and using them. GEANT, the huge open-source software project developed for them, is also used for space and medical applications Continued at The Guardian.

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Self Reference

Posted on 17/07/2010 by

I guess every blogger has to blog about blogging at some point. I was on a panel of science bloggers at a talkfest organised by Alice Bell and Beck Smith last week, so it has been on my mind, and … Continue reading →

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Open Source Science

Posted on 06/03/2010 by

I have had enough brushes with eccentrics who think I am going to destroy the world with the Large Hadron Collider to appreciate that in scientific fields where many lives and dollars are genuinely at stake, pressures can be enormous … Continue reading →

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