what do you call math, physics, chem collectively?

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u know the term for study fields that require a lot of math skill..... I am finding a term that is more specific than science... any help??

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Originally posted by: Heisenberg
Physical sciences (well, physics and chemistry anyway).
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dammit, you edited it before i could make fun of you :p

i call them hard sciences, as opposed to soft "sciences" like psychology and whatnot.
 
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I still remember physics class studying optics and the professor prancing about the room saying he was erect.
 
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Originally posted by: Bignate603
Engineering?
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Boo! Hiss! Engineering is the application of science to solve a problem. Science is advancing the tools the engineer has to do their job. Nuclear theory is science, the atomic bomb is engineering.

And to answer the question, I'd call them physical sciences. Almost all sciences that describe the natural world involve a lot of math.
 
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Real college work? In all honesty I feel a small bit of content to people who go through college with an "easy" liberal arts major, now that is not saying all liberal arts majors are easy, many have a boat load of writing and some are hard, but many seem to be easier overall, I mean less work, than my current electrical engineering track. Like my history major friend, he has a lot of reading, and writing of essays, but his general course layout seems much easier than mine. Flame me all you want, but its too late for me to be anything but honest.
 
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RSMemphis

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Actually, often those three together are called "natural sciences"... computational sciences are a subset.
 
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Darien

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Originally posted by: Rainsford
Originally posted by: Bignate603
Engineering?
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Boo! Hiss! Engineering is the application of science to solve a problem. Science is advancing the tools the engineer has to do their job. Nuclear theory is science, the atomic bomb is engineering.

And to answer the question, I'd call them physical sciences. Almost all sciences that describe the natural world involve a lot of math.
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The way you phrase is it is kind of off.



Science is to study, not to feed engineers.



Engineering uses that knowledge to advance thing slike technology.
 
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It is physical sciences. ( you can also have geology in the same category)

Natural Sciences include biology as well.
 
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Originally posted by: RSMemphis
Actually, often those three together are called "natural sciences"... computational sciences are a subset.
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Ditto.

Naming it Computational Science would be a mistake. It's like saying writing an essay is typing an essay, without giving credit to the fundamental process that develop the content of the essay.

Even social sciences involve computation. In natural sciences, before you can compute anything at all, you need to describe a physical phenomenon of interest in terms of governing equations, certain conditions (temporal or spatial), etc. Then you figure out how to find solutions (if any) which involves computation. Mathematics are of course used in both describing the phenomenon and finding solutions.

Out of the soap box. :p
 
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