The study of mathematics is "pure"- you can study math and never study anything about the real world- the less the better. Once you put it to use to describe the profound relationship between matter and energy, you are talking physics, a science, not math. Einstein was doing science, not math. It was his equation that allowed the engineering of the atom bomb and modern scientific understanding of particle physics and his other science work gives wonderful models of the ultimate in relationships- relativity, not doable without math, but which itself is true science of the finest and deepest kind.
Joe PS: I can keep this up as long as you guys can, but we may be losing our welcome amongst big tree folks here. (ha, ha) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Edward Frank" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 8:47 PM Subject: [ENTS] Re: Rendezvous Report Joe, It is mathematics, a TOOL for understanding the universe. Ed "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both. " Robert Frost (1874-1963). Mountain Interval. 1920. ----- Original Message ----- From: Joseph Zorzin To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2008 8:42 PM Subject: [ENTS] Re: Rendezvous Report Ed, is E=MC squared science or engineering? Joe --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
