Chanda Prescod-WeinsteinInterview
Theoretical cosmologist
Adapted from Chanda Prescod-Weinstein's interview on Uses This, published 10 September 2015. The kit is drawn from their answers and each reason is an excerpt, lightly edited. Shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the full interview ↗
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Next most important is my Apple iPad Air 2.
I do almost all of my scientific publication reading on it, using my Maglus Stylus to make annotations.
For all my heavy computing/typing needs, I use a 15" MacBook Pro.
To make things easier on my wrist, I use a Pilot Vanishing Fountain Pen in a Moleskine notebook or glossy magazine paper.
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On my iPad the most important app is GoodReader.
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When a computer is necessary for calculations or to make plots, Mathematica is my first choice because that's what my students like to use.
Recently I've also been learning how to do cosmological calculations using software called CosmoSIS.