I'm not sure that's true. I have yet to take Abstract Algebra (I'm taking it next year), but in physics, the rotation group SO(2) definately has a strong relation to imaginary numbers. Lie Groups depend heavily on Analytic (infinitely differentiable) functions are important for developing the idea of a generator. Functions in the complex plane generally are very nice in this regard. But I'm not a Mathematician (and technically not a Physicist yet, jsut a major), so uhh, yeah.
On the whole science vs. pseudoscience thing, Bob Park's What's New talks about important events in the science community, and often mentions projects that are not on firm scientific ground. For example:
"2. PROTEIN CRYSTALLOGRAPHY: NASA KNEW THE SCIENCE WAS VOODOO. In the days following the Columbia tragedy, NASA repeatedly cited protein crystal growth as an example of important microgravity research conducted on the shuttle. NASA knew better. It was 20 years ago that a protein crystal was first grown on Space Lab 1.
NASA boasted that the lysozyme crystal was 1,000 times as large as one grown in the same apparatus on Earth. However, the apparatus was not designed to operate in Earth gravity. The
space-grown crystal was no larger than lysozyme crystals grown by standard techniques on Earth...." (What's New, 21 Feb 2003)
His weekly column is put out by the American Physical Society, and is quite readable.
Well, since the devil is a figment of your imagination, I would say "In America, the police are irish, the lovers are hispanic, the cooks are italian, the engineers are engineers are japanese and it's all organized by no one." I kinda like that better.
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I'm not sure that's true. I have yet to take Abstract Algebra (I'm taking it next year), but in physics, the rotation group SO(2) definately has a strong relation to imaginary numbers. Lie Groups depend heavily on Analytic (infinitely differentiable) functions are important for developing the idea of a generator. Functions in the complex plane generally are very nice in this regard. But I'm not a Mathematician (and technically not a Physicist yet, jsut a major), so uhh, yeah.
But he *did* happen to turn out some killer papers...
His weekly column is put out by the American Physical Society, and is quite readable.
Well, since the devil is a figment of your imagination, I would say "In America, the police are irish, the lovers are hispanic, the cooks are italian, the engineers are engineers are japanese and it's all organized by no one." I kinda like that better.