Friday, September 4, 2009

What Is Math? What Is Physics?





There is math and physics all around us. In a classroom, in a house, in nature, etc.

In more industrial places, math is displayed in different things consisting of numbers, equations, tables, graphs, and data. Still, anywhere you look in your daily lives you can find it. Take waking up in the morning for example. You have to get out of bed, right? Well just think about that. Somebody had to build your bed. To build the frame, someone had to take measurements of wood, make estimates of how many screws, nuts, and bolts they would need to hold the bed together. Then somebody had to deal with selling it, which includes figuring out how much money it took to make the bed, and how much they need to sell it for to make a reasonable profit. The list could go on and on, but you get the idea.

Likewise, science and physics are displayed in most areas. Whether it is a student learning about mixing chemicals together, or a biology teacher talking about plants, animals, or even photosynthesis. Science is everywhere, and not just scientists are aware of it. All kinds of people use science, whether subconsciously or not. What I mean by that is some people are scientists, students, or teacher type people purposely studying sciences, while others, are simply eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and are unaware of all the chemical reactions going on in their body as their meal is being digested.

Science is also very often found in patterns and repetition in nature. Lots of flowers have patterns within their pedals, whether its the layout or positioning of the pedals, or the tiny markings or imprints of each pedal. You will also notice that there are many plants in which have the same patterns and designs as each other even though they are completely different plants. Physics ties into this because physics is simply 'the way things work,' and if you can make scientific observations, and you don't know how or why it is like that, you should know! Not only does that apply to nature as in plants and animals, but all kinds of electricity and magnetism! :D

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