How I Used Python To Make Big Data Seem Small

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I work as an astrophysics research assistant. This job entails managing and manipulating large datasets. In order to accomplish this, I have to take subsets that mirror the larger dataset. In order to get my computer to be able to run my code without reaching a run time error, I have to take a subset of 10% of the original particles. This gives me a similar image to the original, while still being able to be run on my laptop. To do this, I use <a href="https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy-1.14.0/reference/routines.random.html" target="_blank">numpy.random</a>. An example of how to do this is shown below.