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Maybe for biology, especially for the bio majors who are pre-med, but probably not for chemistry, and certainly not for physics, whose laws are expressed in ter
by Bostonian 4y ago
Maybe for biology, especially for the bio majors who are pre-med, but probably not for chemistry, and certainly not for physics, whose laws are expressed in terms of calculus. Force equals mass times acceleration, and acceleration is the second derivative of position wrt time.
- throwaway29303 4y agoDoesn't Biology require calculus to express, for example, rates of reproduction? R_0 comes to mind[0]. [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_reproduction_number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_reproduction_number
- jleyank 4y agoPhysical chemistry, physical organic chemistry, physics... These things need far more than basic calc. I also think that basic algebra is something that people can use in daily life. Not quadratic equation in the like, but determining things like unit prices, handling interest, etc. Simple things that take a little more than a calculator. And I recall needing variables when doing statistics - isn't that algebra? And it's real hard to program a whole lot of stuff on a computer w/o algebra.