alphanaut wrote:



try using mathematica, or if you can define the equation that results in the graph you can use wolfram alpha which is free.

irradio wrote:
just got an invitation to join eta kappa nu, first time i've been invited to join anything ever haha. anyone else a member?

LukeP wrote:

that is not at all what she is asking

I Thrash Therefore I Am wrote:



Yeah, I don't have any equations to graph, I just have the histograms and need to digitize them so I can find some sort of mean peak values. These are histograms of fluorescence resonance energy transfer experiments, if that would make any difference.

BEAST MODE wrote:
This quarter I'm taking:

Fluid Dynamics
Fundamentals of Laser Technology

alphanaut wrote:



Oh, the reason why I mentioned that was because I knew someone last semester that was trying to do something similar and took the route I was suggesting because I do not think the software you are looking for exists. Also the paper doesn't report all the values? What values is it reporting?

lightspeed to endor! wrote:

You might be able to use the image processing toolbox in Matlab. I think spaceman dan could shed more light on that.

plagues wrote:
I bought a large whiteboard for my wall, and I must say, working my homework on it makes me feel a lot smarter for some reason.

DCooper wrote:
Going to school for Physics right now and working a biophysics lab (though I'm not sure if I actually want to do biophysics later)

Does anyone know if Real Analysis is useful if I'm planning on grad school eventually? I was going to do Physics/Math double but decided that just Physics might be better since I can take more classes, and just trying to figure out which math classes I should take before graduation. So far I'm only planning on doing PDE's, Numerical Analysis, and Linear Algebra next, since I've already done calculus 3 and ODE's. Would do Complex Analysis if Real wasn't a required prerequisite... and I could technically do Diff Geometry, but I feel like my background isn't strong enough to handle it

LukeP wrote:


Yes, take real. Which book do they use?

LukeP wrote:
Are you planning on grad school?

Physics is math. Many, many areas of upper level math depend on real analysis. Quick example- quantum mechanics is formulated in a separable Hilbert space. A Hilbert space is a metric space (specifically an inner product space) such that all Cauchy sequences in the space also converge within the space.

Metric spaces, convergence, and Cauchy sequences are all covered in Real. You might also touch on point-set topology.

Beyond that, (for you) it will be an introduction to proof and a glimpse at a "how a mathematician approaches problems".

lightspeed to endor! wrote:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/02/06/146490064/remembering-roger-boisjoly-he-tried-to-stop-shuttle-challenger-launch?sc=fb&cc=fp

The man who tried to stop the Challenger launch. A fantastic read.

emptyhanded wrote:


I laughed too long at this.

Anyway, im in vet school and I hate how like 75% of my class hates basic science. It's sad.

kylec123 wrote:
I'd love to take a real analysis class but the thought of doing that many proofs turns me away haha.

plagues wrote:


My dream world requires everyone to stay in school until they can demonstrate a working knowledge of basic science.

emptyhanded wrote:


I just don't understand how you can get into one of the most selective types of professional schools, a medical one at that, and sit there and bitch about learning science. Last semester we had to take biochemistry, and every day I heard someone say "Ugghhhh why do I have to know this?"... BECAUSE IT'S THE WHOLE REASON MEDICINE WORKS.

And then half of our professors who are PhDs and not DVMs make jokes how they have to "take it easy it on us because we don't like real science". It's annoying but unfortunately its true.

I Thrash Therefore I Am wrote:




Hahaha....my friend (a neuro PhD) overheard two med students talking about how they hate using pubmed and only need to use wiki. I mean, I guess if you just need the answer that greats, but doesn't their entire field operate on our experiments? Yeah. That.

CCC wrote:
Do any of you work with SolidWorks? Just curious. I'm learning to work with it in my robotics class in high school.
I can't WAIT for next year to start the aerospace engineering program I'm going into. I've been second doubting it because the sustainable and renewable energy engineering program at that same university seems awesome but I guess I'll just have to wait and see!

rbartongrimley wrote:


I use Solidworks ALOT. When I first started working my lab, my boss pretty much informed me that I had to learn the program asap or take a hike. I now use it almost every time at work.

emptyhanded wrote:


I've actually heard that med students are even worse than we are (which is hard for me to imagine, but apparently they're really whiny and annoying about it). But the people in my class make me realize I really don't want to do clinical work, and do marine mammal research and conservation instead. I'd rather work with real scientists any day.

I Thrash Therefore I Am wrote:


Yeah, its why even when I was considering med school I wanted to do MD/PhD. My MCAT score was high enough to get into a really good med school, but not for MD/PhD programs. After I learned that MD/PhD students had extremely high suicide rates, I was glad I just went for grad school. I've heard med students say some really dumb shit (we share our lounge with the med students and I LOL at what they say multiple times a week), because a lot of them don't come from scientific backgrounds (a lot are economics and humanities, surprisingly). Essentially they just need to know the anatomy/diseases/ailments and how to identify them in patients, and you don't necessarily need all of the scientific proof as to why thats the case or how it functions. I think its a big reason why we have such big problems with overmedicating. A lot of these doctors just know the basics about how they function, but in reality everything is interconnected and systems biology is a really big issue.

lattice half full wrote:
On top of working 30 hours a week at a job where I can't study or do homework, I'm taking Calc II, Calc based physics II plus lab, and... Spanish 102. Spanish meets 4 days a week and takes up so much of my time that I'd rather dedicate to my other classes. So annoying that 2 years of Spanish and 2 years of French in high school aren't enough. I could be taking chemistry instead. /crybaby

plagues wrote:


Why dost thou need any foreign language stuff? Science majors don't need any foreign language here.

lattice half full wrote:

It's mandatory for all students at VCU unless you took three consecutive years of the same language in high school. It's absurd.