Why are physics undergrads told to "learn programming" and what does this consist of?

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Pandas

Pandas: you mention employability, and this is one of the most powerful ways you can wrangle with data in Python, say as a data analyst. I have used it for some of my research projects because it allows you to collect elements from a data table easily based on shared characteristics or a custom function and plot/perform statistical analysis on them.

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NumPy

NumPy: allows you to work with matrices and common math functions efficiently. Very useful for analyzing experimental data and running simulations.

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