Re: Math is such a BORING science !
From: Robin Chapman (rjc_at_ivorynospamtower.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: 09/14/04
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 08:48:23 +0100
Thomas Nordhaus wrote:
> Gib Bogle <bogle@ihug.too.much.spam.co.nz> schrieb:
>>Math is not a science. "Science" is short for "natural science", and it
>> concerns nature. Math is a tool of science, like logic.
>
> There is some controversy here. Look what V.I. Arnold (famous
> mathematician) says: "Mathematics is a part of physics. Physics is an
> experimental science, a part of natural science. Mathematics is the
> part of physics where experiments are cheap". See:
Robin Chapman, an unknown mathematician says:
that's bollocks, and so are appeals to authority.
-- Robin Chapman, www.maths.ex.ac.uk/~rjc/rjc.html "Lacan, Jacques, 79, 91-92; mistakes his penis for a square root, 88-9" Francis Wheen, _How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World_
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