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Thinking about Science with David Hukins

Understanding science NOT learning "facts".

  • By David Hukins
  • Based in France
  • Roughly 12 posts per year
  • First post on

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Nov 2022 2
Dec 2022 1
Jan 2023 1
Feb 2023 1
Mar 2023 3
Apr 2023 3
May 2023 2
Jun 2023 1
Jul 2023 0
Aug 2023 0
Sep 2023 0
Oct 2023 0
Nov 2023 0
Dec 2023 0

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Most recent posts

23.11 Integration by parts
Before you read this, I suggest you read section 10 of post 22.10. In post 22.10 we saw that integration reverses the process of differentiation. Suppose f and f’ are functions of x only and …
On , by David Hukins, 264 words
23.10 Frequency analysis and x-ray crystallography
At the beginning of post 23.4, I described two routes to understanding x-ray crystallography. If you prefer the second, less mathematical, route – ignore this post! Before you read this, I suggest you read post …
On , by David Hukins, 782 words
23.9 Discrete Fourier Transform
Before you read this, I suggest you read post 23.8. Let’s think about a wave or signal that looks like the picture above. It might be the result of an observation – for example, the …
On , by David Hukins, 783 words