We need scientists and mathematicians explaining why they are excited about their subjects but also why they are important for solving social problems, informing political debate and for the economy.
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I started off thinking that maybe the social sciences ought to have the kinds of mathematics that the natural sciences had. That works a little bit in economics because they talk about costs, prices and quantities of goods.
You kind of alluded to it in your introduction. I mean, for the last 300 or so years, the exact sciences have been dominated by what is really a good idea, which is the idea that one can describe the natural world using mathematical equations.
We must always emphasize research and development of science and mathematics, and I can think of no better way to achieve this than through our future in space.
We in science are spoiled by the success of mathematics. Mathematics is the study of problems so simple that they have good solutions.
Things like the financial markets - a proper grounding in mathematics could help the common man. I believe that if people are more familiar with mathematical concepts... it can help deal with modern life, which is increasingly complex.
For the future, primarily, we must educate people in science, engineering, technology and math.
It would be better for the true physics if there were no mathematicians on earth.
Pure mathematicians just love to try unsolved problems - they love a challenge.
The social sciences, I thought, needed the same kind of rigor and the same mathematical underpinnings that had made the 'hard' sciences so brilliantly successful.
Mathematics is written for mathematicians.
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