First steps
If you are just getting started with this blog, these two posts should introduce you to computational materials science and what this blog is about:
Why Hack Materials?
The Scale of Materials Design
Next steps
Here is an additional article recommended for a general audience:
Point-and-Compute: Quantum Mechanics in “Auto” Mode
Finally…
You might want to browse the archives for a topic that interests you.
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