{"id":207792,"date":"2024-02-24T08:11:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T08:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/24\/why-science-relies-too-much-on-mathematics\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:21:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:21:38","slug":"why-science-relies-too-much-on-mathematics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/24\/why-science-relies-too-much-on-mathematics\/","title":{"rendered":"Why science relies too much on mathematics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article-image-inline ArticleImage\" data-method=\"replace-inline-image\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImage__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08154533\/sei189463997.jpg?width=1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08154533\/sei189463997.jpg?width=100 100w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08154533\/sei189463997.jpg?width=200 200w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08154533\/sei189463997.jpg?width=249 249w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08154533\/sei189463997.jpg?width=300 300w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08154533\/sei189463997.jpg?width=400 400w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08154533\/sei189463997.jpg?width=500 500w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08154533\/sei189463997.jpg?width=600 600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08154533\/sei189463997.jpg?width=700 700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08154533\/sei189463997.jpg?width=800 800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/08154533\/sei189463997.jpg?width=900 900w\" class=\"image alignnone wp-image-2416492 size-full ReplaceImageLazyload\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1130px) 900px, (min-width: 1025px) 900, (min-width: 768px) calc(100vw - 30px), calc(100vw - 30px)\" alt=\"Person writing math equations on glass\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" data-credit=\"Shutterstock \/ Aree_S\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><em>The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we <\/em><em>hand over the keyboard to a physicist or mathematician to tell you about fascinating ideas from their corner of the universe. You can sign up for Lost in Space-Time for free\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/sign-up\/lost-in-space-time\/\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cScience is written in the language of mathematics,\u201d proclaimed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/people\/galileo-galilei\/\">Galileo<\/a> in 1623. And over the past few centuries science has become ever more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/subject\/mathematics\/\">mathematical<\/a>. Nowadays, mathematics seems to hold total hegemony, particularly in the fields of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/definition\/quantum-physics\/\">quantum physics<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/definition\/general-relativity\/\">relativity<\/a> \u2013 the teaching of modern physics seems to involve deriving an\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2416472-why-science-relies-too-much-on-mathematics\/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=home\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. 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