Analog computers are systems that perform computations by manipulating physical quantities such as electrical current, that ...

We've been studying them for millennia, so how far have we come?

Move over, Calculator. The Messages app can tackle advanced calculations and even convert numbers to different formats.

In a recent write-up, [David Delony] explains how he built a Wolfram Mathematica-like engine with Python. Core to the system is SymPy for symbolic math support. [David] said being able to work ...