"Pioneers in science only rarely make discoveries by extracting ideas from pure mathematics. Most of the stereotypical photographs of scientists studying rows of equations on a blackboard are instructors explaining discoveries already made. Real progress comes in the field writing notes, at the office amid a litter of doodled paper, in the hallway struggling to explain something to a friend, or eating lunch alone. Eureka moments require hard work. And focus."
E.O.Wilson, NYTimes 5 April 2013 Great Scientist ≠ Good at Math E.O. Wilson shares a secret: Discoveries emerge from ideas, not number-crunching ____________________________________________________________________________ "Biomathematics is not merely a new application for existing mathematical methods. You can't just pull an established mathematical technique off the shelf and put it to use. Biology requires - indeed demands - entirely new mathematical concepts and techniques, and it raises new and fascinating problems for mathematical research. If the main driving force behind new mathematics in the twentieth century was the physical sciences, in the twenty-first century it will be the life sciences." Ian Stewart. The Mathematics of Life. Basic Books. 2011. This electronic communication is governed by the terms and conditions at http://www.mun.ca/cc/policies/electronic_communications_disclaimer_2012.php
