Immanuel KantIn every department of physical science there is only so much science, properly so-called, as there is mathematics.
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This is an interesting observation. Many people think of science and mathematics as two aspects of human endeavour that are very different. But, as the quote shows, these two disciplines are actually one and the same. A great deal of scientific knowledge is grounded in mathematics and vice versa. Indeed, we need to be able to do both to understand science as a whole.
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