Is Biology a subsect of Chemistry, which in itself could be viewed as a subsect of Physics, therefore making Biology a

Question: Is Biology a subsect of Chemistry, which in itself could be viewed as a subsect of Physics, therefore making Biology a subsubsect of Physics?
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Asked by hecticz to Derek, Elaine, Heather, Keith on 21 Jun 2013.
- Keith Siew answered on 21 Jun 2013:
  
  I used to have a teacher who told me… Mathematics is the mother tongue of nature!
  
  He took the view that physics is nothing more than applied mathematics, chemistry is applied physics and biology is applied chemistry…
  
  So from a simplified reductionist’s view… everything is just maths in the end!
- Heather Eyre answered on 23 Jun 2013:
  
  Although animals and plants are made of chemicals, the interactions are so complex that I think it would be difficult to think of biology as a subsection of chemistry.
  
  The chemical reactions that occur (a calcium ion binding to a protein) go on to have a much greater, and controlled, effect than a simple chemical reaction.
  
  Chemistry is important in the way the the individual reactions occur but a biological organism is, in it’s functions, much greater than the sum of it’s (millions of) parts.

Question: Is Biology a subsect of Chemistry, which in itself could be viewed as a subsect of Physics, therefore making Biology a subsubsect of Physics?