hard science

Jan Schlauer (zxmsl01@student.uni-tuebingen.de)
Wed, 1 Feb 1995 10:42:24 +0100

Dear scientists,

(...)
>>decide..." is very interesting! I'm used to "hard" sciences (e.g., math,
>>chemistry, physics) where the 'objects' are stable enough that the matter of
>>personal opinion in classification rarely enters the picture.

(...)
>Tesla vs. Edison, anyone?

Yes! And how then about the progression NEWTON-EINSTEIN-HEISENBERG (physics
becoming softer and softer), complex numbers, non-Euklidean geometry, chaos
theory, &c.?

I fear "hard sciences" with "stable" objects is an obsolete concept
superseded by better hypotheses...

Kind regards
Jan