Computing as the Third Pillar of science

I wrote this article on Feb 12, 2013 on NVIDIA’s blog.

Surprise! Only a small percentage of scientists use computers for their research.

Give me a moment, I can explain.

It turns out that even though a lot of folks carry a powerful computer in their pockets (their smartphone), the use of computers in basic scientific research has so far been fairly limited. Of course, scientists use computers for collating data in databases and spreadsheets, to write reports and so on, but I am referring to use of computers to simulate scientific phenomena.

Experiments have been the foundation of science since time immemorial. In the last few thousand years, scientists started laying theoretical foundations to explain what experimentation showed them or to explain observed phenomena.

Continue reading on NVIDIA’s blog …

Here is a link to all the blogs I wrote on the NVIDIA blog.