Science was transformed in the seventeenth century when it was learned that nature can be analyzed and described mathematically. When the ideas of science are expressed in mathematical terms, they are unambiguous. They don't have the double meanings that so often confuse the discussion of ideas expressed in common language. when the findings in nature are expressed mathematically they are easier to verify or to disprove by experiment. The methods of mathematics and experimentation led to enormous success of science
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