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@taupro.com> To: "SciPy Developers List" <scipy-dev@scipy.org> 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 _______________________________________________ Scipy-dev mailing list Scipy-dev@scipy.org http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/scipy-dev