+1491 Math is the basis most -if not all- sciences! I wish I could explain but I'll let physics and chemstry do that...
+1491 Math is the basis most -if not all- sciences! I wish I could explain but I'll let physics and chemstry do that...
Hello, I'm a physics student at graduate level currently and that is a really nice and actually deep question. In my discipline math is viewed mostly as a language, as a universal (understood by every mathematically literate person) way of expressing events in nature. The thing is that math on its own is infallible, that means that its logic is perfect and the mathematical world does not always cather to reality. While you may have concepts in math as, let's say a mathematical point (0 dimensions), you cannot have such a thing in the physical reality as even the smallest of smallest things will actually have some real dimension (so far the "smallest" thing possible is thought to be the Planck length, though only theoretically). Still, it is a very useful tool in I'd say every science. I have friends in biology and they use a ton of statistical analysis, some friends in chemistry that use a lot of complex mathematics as well. It's something that's just there, you will have to learn it if you want to do any physical science. Best believe it gets more interesting the more you do it!
