Areas of mathematics: what is it?

Introduction Before the Renaissance, mathematics was divided into two main areas: arithmetic, regarding the manipulation of numbers, and geometry, regarding the study of shapes. Some types of pseudoscience, such as numerology and astrology, were not then clearly distinguished from mathematics. During the Renaissance, two more areas appeared. Mathematical notation led to algebra which, roughly speaking, consists of the study and the manipulation of formulas. Calculus, consisting of the two […]

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Mathematics: things, is the discipline that studies

Introduction Mathematics (from the Greek : μάθημα (máthema), translatable as “science”, “knowledge” or “learning”; μαθηματικός (mathematikós) means “inclined to learn”) is the discipline that studies quantities, numbers, space, structures, calculations, rigorously defined abstract  between them. The term mathematics usually refers to the discipline (and the related body of knowledge) that studies problems concerning quantities, extensions and spatial figures, movements of bodies, and all

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Biology: things, studies life

Biology  is the science that studies life, or the physical and chemical processes of the phenomena that characterize living systems, including their biochemistry, molecular mechanisms, genetics, anatomy, physiology, as well as emergent processes such as adaptation, development, evolution, interaction between organisms, and behavior. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several

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