From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dan Cross Message-Id: <200106121418.KAA04202@augusta.math.psu.edu> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: the 'science' in computer science In-Reply-To: <15141.18819.7956.967025@nido.hilbert.space> References: <0cb501c0f2bf$97cacea0$e8b7c6d4@SOMA> Cc: Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 10:18:10 -0400 Topicbox-Message-UUID: b602c3e8-eac9-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 In article <15141.18819.7956.967025@nido.hilbert.space> you write: >Would you say Math is a science?. >Its theoretical foundations are based on turing machines... Woah, they are? Mathematics, and many of its theoretical foundations, existed for a really long time before Alan Turing was born.... >(I believe all physics are written in math simbols...) Basically, but each discipline seems to invent its own psuedo- mathematical notation. Not necessarily a bad thing, but it can get really confusing (cf. i in mathematics vs. j in engineering). - Dan C.