Math - the Vehicle of the Sciences

As the development of sciences accelerated, they started exploring realms which were beyond direct human experience.

Physics explored the micro & the macro world. The atom, the nucleus, electron & the proton could not be directly experienced.

Same was the case with the outer reaches of the Universe with its galaxies, black holes & dying stars.

Biology explored the structure of the cell, the nucleus and the genetic materials coiled inside the nucleus.

Vocabulary had to be invented to describe these entities and events.

Scientists were forced to use vocabulary from everyday language which could end up giving a totally wrong understanding to a people from outside that science speciality.

Atomic particles could be in either of 2 states which were described as wave & particle modes. But for humans these words conjure up certain meanings. But these states were nothing like what humans imagine on hearing these words.

Slowly scientists realised that using math was the best way to describe the entities, relations & interactions in these worlds.

Many of the areas of science could be described only using math!

The theory of relativity, interactions between sub-atomic particles, Grand Unification Theory & the structure of the DNA, theory of Relativity, Curvature of the Universe, Birth & Death of Stars, Quantum Mechanics, String Theory, Unification of the fundamental forces, Dark Matter, Black Holes, Big Bang, Biological modelling & economic models, could be conveyed only through math.

Mathematics has been called the "new microscope” to probe biology. Scientists are using a mathematical model to better understand the immune response to vaccines.

Math became the vehicle to convey the essential ideas of these sciences!