The style-quantifying astrophysicists of Silicon Valley

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    The style-quantifying astrophysicists of Silicon Valley
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    Chris Moody is an astrophysicist who builds galaxy simulations, using supercomputers to model the way the universe expands and how galaxies crash into one another. Now, he and his astrophysicist friends are pivoting to fashion by joining personal styling company Stitch Fix. For real. Here’s why a growing group of astrophysicists have stopped researching the cosmos to start building recommendation algorithms and data models for the tech industry.(Wired)

    "It's fascinating to try to think of personal style as a science."
     
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