obnoxio@BRAHMS.BERKELEY.EDU (Obnoxious Math Grad Student) (08/09/87)
In article <84@thirdi.UUCP>, sarge@thirdi (Sarge Gerbode) writes: > But, of course, zoology and >botany, though they may *include* taxonomic systems, *are* sciences, [...] Correct. Taxonomy occurs in the "hard" sciences too. Let's not forget the periodic table from chemistry, the eight-fold way from physics, the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram from astronomy, etc. Classification problems in mathematics might even be considered as an abstract form of taxonomy. ucbvax!brahms!weemba Matthew P Wiener/Brahms Gang/Berkeley CA 94720