Jenny Nelson, “Harnessing the Sun” (Open Agenda, 2021)
New Books in Science, Technology, and Society
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Are You a Computer Modeler?
I understand that there are a lot of unknowns, and that there are so many different variables that are going on. But i equally strongly say, what you get out of a model has got to be validated against experiments, otherwise it's more or less worthless. So my training, my background is is in computer modelling, and that was my way in to solar sales. I don't go into the lab very often myself. It's not where my training is. You know, i wouldn't necessarily be very safe. About half of my group would be doing experimental work and half doing simulation. And then some,. and these sort of more exceptionally, there'll be some who do both quite
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