• Question: What kind of sciene (biology, physics etc.) do you find most important and why?

    Asked by nomad to Daniel, Derek, Ian, Phil, Upul on 15 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Derek Mann answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      I actually like physics when presented at a simple to understand level, particularly TV programmes about the big bang and how the universe works, but my maths was never good enough for me to be able to do physics as a scientist, so I picked biochemistry and molecular biology instead which I really enjoy and you dont need to be a maths genius to be good at!

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      Ian Sillett answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      I always say that biology is just lists of animals, more like being a librarian than a scientist. Chemistry is just a branch of physics describing the interactions between different things. So the answer is physics! 🙂

      Seriously, I’m biased because I’m a physicist. All sciences, and indeed subjects in general, are of equal importance and all have given the world different things. Physics – computers, electricity. Chemistry – medicine, Biology – medicine, farming. Geology and geography – flood prevention etc… But apart from science, where would be without literature, or art or music? The world would be pretty dull.

      Basically, I don’t think any science is more important than any other. Neither do I think science is more important than anything else!

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      Daniel Mietchen answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      I am a biophysicist, which probably means that I find it most interesting/ important/ worthwhile to connect the dots of insight provided by different perspectives on the matter at hand. Science students are trained along the trodden paths of established disciplines, but in order to become a scientist, you have to leave those paths at some point, since the areas between them are generally more promising in terms of future discoveries. And that’s where it gets exciting, albeit it may take a while until you stumble upon something previously unknown.

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