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  2. Engineering mathematics - Wikipedia

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    These areas of mathematics were intimately tied to the development of Newtonian physics, and the mathematical physics of that period. This history also left a legacy: until the early 20th century subjects such as classical mechanics were often taught in applied mathematics departments at American universities, and fluid mechanics may still be ...

  3. Relationship between mathematics and physics - Wikipedia

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    The relationship between mathematics and physics has been a subject of study of philosophers, mathematicians and physicists since antiquity, and more recently also by historians and educators. [2] Generally considered a relationship of great intimacy, [ 3 ] mathematics has been described as "an essential tool for physics" [ 4 ] and physics has ...

  4. List of scientific occupations - Wikipedia

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    Mathematician [3] – A person with an extensive knowledge of mathematics, a field informally defined as being concerned with numbers, data, collection, quantity, structure, space and calculus. Statistics

  5. Mathematician - Wikipedia

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    Mathematicians and applied mathematicians are considered to be two of the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) careers. [ citation needed ] The discipline of applied mathematics concerns itself with mathematical methods that are typically used in science, engineering, business, and industry; thus, "applied mathematics" is a ...

  6. Mathematical physics - Wikipedia

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    Certain parts of mathematics that initially arose from the development of physics are not, in fact, considered parts of mathematical physics, while other closely related fields are. For example, ordinary differential equations and symplectic geometry are generally viewed as purely mathematical disciplines, whereas dynamical systems and ...

  7. History of physics - Wikipedia

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    Physics was transformed by the discoveries of quantum mechanics, relativity, and atomic theory at the beginning of the 20th century. Physics today may be divided loosely into classical physics and modern physics. Detailed articles on specific topics are available through the Outline of the history of physics.

  8. List of autodidacts - Wikipedia

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    Galileo Galilei, astronomer, engineer, mathematician and physicist. Dropped out of college. Hermann Grassmann, polymath; Michael Faraday, a chemist and physicist. Although Faraday received little formal education and knew little of higher mathematics, such as calculus, he was one of the most influential scientists in history.

  9. Engineering physics - Wikipedia

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    Engineering physics (EP), sometimes engineering science, is the field of study combining pure science disciplines (such as physics, mathematics, chemistry or biology) and engineering disciplines (computer, nuclear, electrical, aerospace, medical, materials, mechanical, etc.).