[SciPy-dev] Period table?

[val]

Jeff, this indeed sounds cool.  Kind of a *naturally organized*
data framework for atomic, spectral, and other data.  Kind of
atomic google?  Going on with your impressive list,
does it make sense to integrate into the search engine
a computational engine to *compute missing data*?
E.g., atomic/spectral physics engine to compute intensities
for spectral transitions using the run-time computed wavefunctions,
and/or the neural network engine/estimator (based on available data).
cheers, val

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Rush" <jeff at taupro.com>
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Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 2:08 AM
Subject: Re: [SciPy-dev] Period table?


> CakeProphet wrote:
>> I think it would be fairly useful if scipy contained a module with the 
>> entire
>> period table as a Python data type of some sort with various information 
>> (atomic
>> number, mass, etc) of all the elements.
>
> I've thought about that for years, never taking the time to make it 
> happen.
> The trick is not just to list the elements in a Python dictionary, with
> physical attributes, but to provide various filter and search 
> operations -- 
> list all metals, nobel elements, given a weight range return the matching 
> set
> of elements, handle isotope mapping back to their base elements, etc.
> Designed and documented well, it would be a neat component.
>
> -Jeff
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