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Asked by Ceejay to Megan, Mzamo, Ola, Olivia, Weiyi on 7 Nov 2016.
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Mzamo Shozi answered on 7 Nov 2016:
I think all the branches of science are important because they all compliment each in some way. For example, something like the speed of light has applications in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics.
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Ola Michalec answered on 7 Nov 2016:
Hello, these days there is a big tendency towards “transdisciplinary research” – working in a big group with people who have a great variety of skill sets. Therefore, I think all branches are important. The reason why we work together a lot these days is because we get to realise that our modern issues are so complex and require effort from many sides. Take energy for examples – you might want to talk to a physicist, engineer, politician, economist….!
I am not sure what is most popular, but I have quite a few friends who are engineers/studying engineering and it seems like a pretty awesome discipline. You get to solve real life problems (e.g how do you make a tunnel!) using mostly maths and physics and it’s a pretty big demand for this in terms of jobs!
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Megan Seymour answered on 7 Nov 2016:
I used to think that chemistry was most important, because all matter is made up of atoms and this determines the properties of every material, and the chemical reactions that are responsible for all of life. (And if you forced me to give a simple answer, I’d probably still say chemistry, for these reasons).
But it wasn’t until after leaving school though that I really accepted that the separate subjects of ‘chemistry’, ‘physics’ and ‘biology’ don’t exist in isolation at all and everything is so related and overlapping that its a bit artificial to label one thing ‘chemistry’ and another ‘physics’ anyway. The science that gives us the most important technology always uses ideas from right across the different scientific disciplines. For example a hydrogen powered car, was built using engineering and physics, but uses a catalyst developed by chemists to replicate a process in nature that was first understood by biologists!
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Olivia Ashton answered on 8 Nov 2016:
I dont think there is one single branch that is most important. And all branches interlink at some point along the way. So if we lost one, there would be a big impact on the others.
At school science is broken down to Chemistry Biology and Physics. But actually there is so much more to it than that, and the more you study one the more you realise it has an overlap with another. For example, biological physics look at how the laws of physics are applied to biological systems such as DNA and cell growth.
Without all of the different brances we would not know as much about the world around us as we do.
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