I received this message after I answered Bill Allombert. The list below is a reasonable one, when "Bio" is written in full "Biology" and "medicine" is added; medicine is largely biology but with special needs.
I disagree with the distinction science/education. Scientific education is science, or ideally it should be. Most discoveries spring from students doing a thesis work, which is education. Arrhenius set the a large section of the basis of chemistry (and thereby of biology chemistry agronomy etc etc) while a student under education (although - being too much ahead of the times - he was blamed for his ideas). Surely what I am saying is not exhaustive. It is a matter to think about for a while. I am answering while doing chemistry, thus short of time. regards francesco pietra On Sunday 14 May 2006 18:20, Thomas Walter wrote: > Hello, > > On Sun, 2006-05-14 at 17:01, Bill Allombert wrote: > > Hello Debian Science people, > > > > There is a discussion (in bug #361418) on the future of the Debian > > menu structure. In case you missed it, we would like to have your > > opinions on the entries for scientific applications. > > > > The relevant sections are: > > > > Mathematics [was:Math] > > Mathematics-related software. > > gcalctool, snapea, xeukleides > > > > Science > > Software for natural and social sciences, humanities, etc. > > ncbi-epcr, earth3d, therion > > > > Please send comment to bug #361418. > > > > > >From my point of view this 2 section names are arbitrary and too global. > > It also opens a long discussion about the hirarchy. I think Mathematics > is also part of Science. At least for application like axiom, octave, > mathematica, ... > So having a Math section in parallel to Science could be for more > "calulator" oriented SW. > > In general, my understanding of "Science" is in the sense of research > and not education. > Thus an example breakdown within Sience could be like > Mathematics > Physics > Bio > Chemistry > Astronomics > Geology > ... > where some applications or tools can be part of several sub-sections. > Perhaps applications which could be used in nearly all sub-sections > could go into a "General" or "Common" Section. > > In parallel to section "Science" have a section "Education". > > Kind Regards, > Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
