Mathematics : the Language of Physic
Physics is fascinating science, and make no mistake about it. Physics is not mathematics. Mathematics is study about number and geometry of objects. It is based on logics and rules of counting. Physics is the study of the rules that govern nature and the fundamental processes occurring in nature. Observation, careful experiment, and measurement comprise one aspect on physics. The other aspect of physic is creation or invention, of theories that explain the observation. Theoretical physics depend heavily on mathematics. You should find it very interesting that principal and law of physics can be expressed in term of beautiful mathematical equations. Trying to study physics while totally avoiding mathematics is practically impossible. It simply cannot be done meaningful.
People have noticed such a connection between physics and mathematics from ancient times. In ancient Greece, Pythagoras first notice that pleasing notes where produce when the length of a string was changed by whole number relative to its original length. In the seventeen centaury, Galileo discovered the distance of free falling objects fell could be expressed by an equation that involve the square of time. Relationship between cause (force) and effect (acceleration) for motion of an object as expressed by Newton’s second law of motion is a simple mathematical statement. Newton developed calculus (which was also developed by Leibniz), a powerful mathematical tool, to probe change in nature. For example, the position, velocity and acceleration of mass attached to spring at any time can be determined using calculus. In fact, all basic laws of physic can be expressed in beautiful and essentially simple mathematical forms.
The most fundamental idea of science are essentially simple, and as a rule can be expressed in a language comprehensible to every one ___ Albert Einstein
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