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Is Mathematical Biology a hard science?
What about Mathematical Psychology?

>> No.4071293

One mitochondrion... Two mitochondrion..... Three mitochondrion!

>> No.4071301

no and no.

once again, for clarification:
mathematics
physics
chemistry
-neuroscience

>> No.4071316

>>4071301
>Uses mathematical modelling. Somehow not a hard science.

>> No.4071324

>>4071316
your physics envy is showing.

there isn't any mathematical foundation in psychology nor biology. placing the word 'mathematical' in front of it does not change the content of the vanilla field. i'm sure there's a mathematical history, too, that doesn't mean it's a hard science.

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>>4071316
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics_envy

>> No.4071337

Physicists:
>LOL, OTHER SCIENCES CANNOT INTO SIMPLE COHERENT MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORK

Later:

>LOL, THE USE OF MATH IN OTHER SCIENCES PROVES THAT THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO BE PHYSICS

>> No.4071341

>>4071324
>2011
>hasn't heard of biostatistics

>> No.4071346

>>4071275

Britfag here. I am in my final year studying Mathematical, Statistical and Actuarial science. Two of my final year modules are mathematical biology. It's really interesting compared to functional analysis or geometry etc. if you are thinking about studying it, I'd say go for it. As long as you can differentiate and draw graphs you'll be ok.

>> No.4071355

>>4071341
>2011
>thinking adding mathematics to a field makes it hard
biology has nothing set in stone, plus biologists have statistically lower intelligence than physicists and statistically believe in a deity more than physicists do.

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>>4071346
> I'd say go for it. As long as you can differentiate and draw graphs you'll be ok.
>differentiate and draw graphs

>biology
>hard science

>> No.4071362

>>4071355
>saying statistics is meaningless, can't make biology into a hard science
>saying statistics is meaningful, proves biologists are inferior

>> No.4071373

> biostatistics

That's just using statistics on biology data, and statistics is just plain math. Are you trying to say that sociology is hard science because it uses statistics to process poll results?

>> No.4071374

>>4071358

I'm obviously studying it at its most basic level

(That said, it's still fairly straightforward)

(That said I find maths in general straightforward)