why is mathematics important to science?

Everything in science has to be measurable to be quantified. Once quantified, observations are verifiable by anyone anywhere and their relationships determinable. It is in the deducing of these relationships that the skills and procedures of mathematics in used to express these relationships in a mathematical formula that can be calculated to yield a descriptive quantity. Thus, through mathematics, we describe our universe in terms that are the same for anyone anywhere.

Science deals with facts, and almost any fact can be reduced to a mathematical expression. Many of the concepts that lead to scientific discoveries either spring from mathematical ideas, or lead to new branches of mathematics to explain them.

For example, Newton understood that an object’s velocity and acceleration were related, but to explain that in simple terms, he had to invent a whole new branch of mathematics, the calculus. And how could Einstein explain the relationship between matter and energy without the famous equation, e=Mc^2?

For about a million reasons. For chemistry, if you can’t do math you can’t balance an equation, calculate how much of something with react with something else, in fact , you can’t even properly describe the physical properties of something without math, not even what color something is because color is based on wavelengths of light. Also, physics is heavily based on calculus and quantum chemistry is based on physics. At my school the undergrad students aren’t even allowed to take P-chemistry or physics without taking a year of calculus first.

Science is based on physical evidences, like Air with certain mixtures of different elements, Gravity with definite 9.8 value, and maths on the other hand is based on assumptions, but these assumptions are not comparative to other assumptions, These assumptions are infact based on physical evidences of science, like how we will calculate pressure of wind? Of course we need to assume it first and then derive a formula which can give us equal value as we wanted.

In all streams of Science, there is application of mathematics!!

Maths is needed in our daily life for all calculations, besides most of higher formulas in science are derived from maths… It is rightly that “maths is the mother of all sciences.”

Every scientific equation is based from math. They are very closely related, and when you combine the two you get engineering. I think most of us know why engineering is important.

Mathematics provides the tools for science to do the job. One example, the binary system, it`s what computers use…………..

To be able to keep track of the amount of money you will be making when fully sorted in to a science career.

because in chemistry we use math so it is essential