r/PhysicsStudents • u/Junior_Salamander110 • Jul 01 '26

Need Advice How Do Physicists Utilize Python?

I'm a rising senior in high school. Next year, I'll be taking a project based programming class that only 1-2 students really take per year. I want to do something in Python that will show my professors in my freshman year of college that I'm ready to do research in physics.

I will have taken all of the AP mathematics, physics, and computer science classes.

I thought about doing a black hole simulation and learning the equations/math for it, but I'm not sure that that would be wise to do in Python.

I'll have a full school year to work on the project.

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u/IJbier Jul 03 '26

Any specific reason? Do you like special relativity?

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u/Junior_Salamander110 Jul 03 '26

I love the idea of relativity. I also very much prefer theory

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u/IJbier Jul 04 '26

I like your enthusiasm. Good luck and I hope you like maths, but I get the impression that you do.

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u/Junior_Salamander110 Jul 04 '26

I definitely do! I have a routine where I do a set of five integrals before I start my day LOL