u/strokey
Hi there, currently going through Cell and Molecular biology and having a bit of trouble. The professor and I aren't really clicking on how he's explaining things even after office hours I'm still a bit confused. Does anyone know of a good online lecture series that I can follow as a supplement to my book/class lectures that may help?
Basically what areas of the world are funding biology heavily? I'm finishing my degree and need a foreign language, and I can't decide on which one to go with.
Weird question for this sub I know but I'd like to get started in a language that would be potentially beneficial to my career. I speak a little Spanish so I thought of going that route for the easiest option. But I'm also looking at French and German. My school doesn't have a Korean option, but does have Chinese and Japanese.
Enough rambling, if you wanted to potentially work overseas what language would put you in the best position to find work?
My mother in law is looking to learn biology and then some basic medicine(she's recently suffered from PRES syndrome and is curious as to what happened), my teaching methods have proved mostly ineffectual while having her read through Campbell's Biology and my attempts to explain what happened seem to stres her out. She just gets lost in the "science jargon"(her words) and her not understanding how the body works makes my admittedly hamfisted attempts at explaining inflammation of the brain leave her stressed.
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Hi, I'm a biologist, and fixing to work on a CS degree. I see I have to take Discrete Mathematics. My background in math is rather weak, as I've only taken Calc 1. Should I spend some time in higher calculus classes before diving into Discrete Mathematics?
What is discrete mathematics, and what can I expect? I tried reading the Wikipedia on it, but I just don't "get it".
Hi there, I'm a newly admitted transfer, coming in this Fall and I'm looking for housing options. I'm not looking for roommates as I'm a non traditional with a wife and family and I'm just too old for your loud music and tomfoolery. Just kidding, but I'd really prefer a place where my wife and I can live while I finish my degree.
Just looking for good websites that maybe google isn't throwing out for me. Any agencies and companies that are good to deal with for students? I've tried craigslist but I'd like to get a few more options before I start down the road to signing a lease for the school year. Any help would be appreciated.
Hi! I just spent the last 3 months working in Python and developing some programming skills and I'm able to utilize it to do some math problems and make some silly games, but I talked to an adviser at a college I'm interested in (bioinformatics etc) and they suggested I learn C++. I don't know if its personal bias or what you guys use in the day to day setting so I'm asking!
Should I learn C++ or Java or something of that nature or stick to learning the most I can in Python?
I'm not proficient in Python by any means but I'm able to automate some stuff and make simple games. But, I've been told recently by the computer science adviser for my school's bioinformatics and bio statistics that I should look into learning C++. The introductory course in the comp sci is in Java, but the more advanced courses in my track, that I'm required to take are in C++.
So, I'm looking for good ways to learn it. I have Programming Principals and Practice Using C++, but my edition seems to be a little old. What is modern C++? Does a whole lot change in C++11 and 14? Should I look for an older version of VS? I'm asking because commands like:
keep_window_open();
are not w
I know its another books thread but this one is in a different vein. My mother in law never finished high school and wants to learn more about biology (specifically human) and medicine. I'm looking for some readings in intro level biology that can give her a foundation so she can actually approach her questions about medicine and health in an educated fashion. I'm going through MIT's opencourseware in general biology to refresh on a lot of topics in little time before I dive into molecular and micro in the fall. I plan on having her follow the course and read my copy of Campbell's biology along with the course, but I'm also looking for fun to read but educational books in human biology that
Looking right now at python, but any language would be helpful.
I'm looking for a site with projects on it that have instructions like;
Code a button that does x function. Now write code for y function. etc etc.
I don't want to keep copying syntax I'd like to do some problem solving, but don't feel ready enough to write some programs on my own. I have a project of my own in mind, but I really don't know where to start and I think mini-projects or projects with instructions like these could be a beneficial next step in my growth.
Thanks for any suggestions.
First a bit of my code:
def new_game():
num = 100
secret_number = random.randint(0,100)
remaining_turns = math.ceil(math.log(num+1,2))
def input(guess):
global remaining_turns, secret_number
remaining_turns = remaining_turns - 1
NameError: name 'remaining_turns' is not defined
What am I doing wrong here? I thought I defined it on line 4, yet it says its undefined on line 8. Am I misunderstanding how to use global and local variables?
I have a loop that looks something like this:
total = 0
for keys in prices:
print (prices[keys] * stock[keys]) + total
print total
I'm not getting an syntax error or anything like that, just running into what I assume is a common problem that I can't find an answer too on google.(Probably because I don't fully understand what I've done wrong).
What I'm looking for is individual totals for each price * key + total and then a final total that adds up each stock * price to give me the days take. I know this is simple and I'm doing something obvious that I'm just not catching, any hints?
Use a for loop to print out all of the elements in the list names.
names = ["Adam","Alex","Mariah","Martine","Columbus"]
for in names:
print names
Keep getting an error on Codecademy that Adam is not printing for anything I put in the for loop that doesn't throw an error. Any tips on how to make it print correctly?
http://pastebin.com/udswnCU9, http://pastebin.com/DVverSR4 for the relevant files. First one is the one throwing errors and the one copied here. 2nd one is the one I imported.
def break_words(stuff):
"""This function will break up words for us."""
words = stuff.split(' ')
return words
def sort_words(words):
"""Sorts the words."""
return sorted(words)
def print_first_word(words):
"""Prints the first word after popping it off."""
word = words.pop(0)
print word
def print_last_word(words):
"""Prints the last word after popping it off."""
word = words.pop(-1)
print word
def sort_sentence(se
def print_first_and_last(sentence):
"""Prints the first and last words of the sentence."""
words = break_words(sentence)
return print_first_word(words),
return print_last_word(words)
def print_first_and_last_sorted(sentence):
"""Sorts the words then prints and the first and last one."""
words = sort_sentence(sentence)
return print_first_word(words)
return print_last_word(words)
Script runs fine, no error only returning for print_first_word though. Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong? From what I found on Google everything should be correct unless I'm supposed to type something like:
return (print_first_word(words