I'm not sure how many people realize it, but Python (+ ipython/jupyter, pandas, matplotlib, scikit-learn, etc. etc.) has become one of the two mainstays of data analysis and visualization in the biological sciences -- along with R.
Everyone should keep up the good work - the science crowd is doing its best to put it to good use :) cheers, --titus On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 01:32:33PM -0400, John Gill wrote: > Thanks for posting this. > > I am thrilled to hear that python has played such a key role in an > incredible piece of work. > > And I will second your thanks to John Hunter. > > Many years ago I was looking for some plotting software and stumbled on > matplotlib. I sent off a patch for stacked bar plots. A few hours > later I received an incredibly encouraging email that spurred me to make > more changes. He was a delight to work. > > I remember him fondly every time a matplotlib plot renders. > > John > > Khaled Monsoor <[email protected]> writes: > > > hello everyone in this wonderful community, > > > > probably, we already know about the recent confirmation by LIGO about > > existence of "gravitational waves", a major prediction by the "theory of > > relativity" by Albert Einstein. It is a huge milestone to human endeavour > > to understand nature. > > > > what we may or may not know that Python was the de-facto language of > > software components of the experimentation. It was extensively used in > > day-to-day operations, from orchestrating the instruments[1], gathering > > data, analytics, to generating the finally published pretty graphs[2]. > > Usage of Python, IPython notebook & matplotlib was extensive among the > > team-members of LIGO.[3], [4] > > > > i am not a part of LIGO, or any of the member organisations.?? > > Rather, as a common enthusiast of natural-sciences as well as a open-source > > believer, I would like to take a moment to thank every single > > contributor of Python. Please keep up pushing your commits. > > We facilitated something bigger than us. > > > > i would also like to take a moment to remember our lost friend, John D. > > Hunter, the creator of matplotlib. Whom we lost in 2012 in a battle with > > cancer. Dear John, you are long gone, but you will live generations through > > 2-D matplotlib plots. > > > > Thanks everyone. > > > > Khaled Monsoor, > > a common user of Python > > > > refs: > > [1]: > > https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/45g8qu/we_are_the_ligo_scientific_collaboration_and_we/czxnlux > > [2]: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ca8jlVIWcAUmeP8.png > > [3]: https://losc.ligo.org/s/events/GW150914/GW150914_tutorial.html > > [4]: https://github.com/ligo-cbc > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PSF-Community mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community > _______________________________________________ > PSF-Community mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community -- C. Titus Brown, [email protected] _______________________________________________ PSF-Community mailing list [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community
