> IMO if you take away mathematics from Science, the only thing left are novel ideas (which you can also find in sci-fi novels). Math is an important part of n

> IMO if you take away mathematics from Science, the only thing left are novel ideas (which you can also find in sci-fi novels). Math is an important part of nearly all scientific fields, but to say that there is nothing left but ideas when the math is taken away is too broad. There are many fields of science that traditionally have been developed without a lot of need for math, like for example biology and earth sciences. These days mathematics is a large part of these fields too, but in some subfields, like in ecology, many researchers use little math even today.