Radioactive Rivers

[Joe Varo]

On Mon, 10 Mar 1997, David Casseres wrote:

> [...]
> But really, math is math and science is science.  The central 
> preoccupations are different, the training is different, and the 
> personalities involved are very different.
> [...]

If I recall correctly from one of the Feynman books I read ("Surely You're
Joking" or the other book of anecdotes), there's even a bit of rivalry
existent between mathematicians and scientists.  I think Feynman said
something to the effect that the mathematicans all had their heads buried
in hyper-complicated equations and often didn't see simpler solutions to
problems.

Joe