What We Are Reading Today: ‘Machine Learning for Physics and Astronomy’ by Viviana Acquaviva

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Updated 29 January 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Machine Learning for Physics and Astronomy’ by Viviana Acquaviva

As the size and complexity of data continue to grow exponentially across the physical sciences, machine learning is helping scientists to sift through and analyze this information while driving breathtaking advances in quantum physics, astronomy, cosmology, and beyond.

This incisive textbook covers the basics of building, diagnosing, optimizing, and deploying machine learning methods to solve research problems in physics and astronomy, with an emphasis on critical thinking and the scientific method.


What We Are Reading Today: ‘Dreams of a Lifetime’

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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Dreams of a Lifetime’

Authors: Karen A. Cerulo and Janet M. Ruane

Most of us understand that a person’s place in society can close doors to opportunity, but we also tend to think that anything is possible when someone dreams about what might be.

“Dreams of a Lifetime” reveals that what and how we dream—and whether we believe our dreams can actually come true—are tied to our social class, gender, race, age, and life events.

Karen Cerulo and Janet Ruane argue that our social location shapes the seemingly private and unique life of our minds.