I don’t really understand your job- how do you do science on a computer???

Question: I don't really understand your job- how do you do science on a computer???

Asked by gracealysha2010 to Iain on 14 Jun 2010 in Categories: Scientist.
- Iain Moal answered on 14 Jun 2010:
  
  Well, computers are really good at solving equations. A lot of my work is based on the laws of nature, which are described by equations that can be hard to solve. So, I write computer programs so the computer can solve them for me.

gracealysha2010 commented on 15 Jun 2010:

thanks Iain, that was really helpful and your job sounds very interesting. So what inspired you to becoma a scientist?

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Question: I don't really understand your job- how do you do science on a computer???