On 2016-11-14 19:38:45 +0000, The Starmaker said:

Yousuf Khan wrote:

Physicists avoid highly mathematical work despite being trained in
advanced mathematics, a new study suggests. The study, published in the
New Journal of Physics, shows that physicists pay less attention to
theories that are crammed with mathematical details.

The researchers found using statistical analysis of the number of
citations to 2,000 articles in a leading physics journal, that articles
are less likely to be referenced by other physicists if they have lots
of mathematical equations on each page.

http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analy...hs-346973.html



What do they mean, "even" physicists? Are physicists supposed to be
any better at mathematics
than any other math-heavy crowd of non-mathematicians like electrical
engineers or economists? Are they supposed to be some sort of apex of
ability in a subject that isn't even their own academic major?

This is like saying that even ornithologists can't lay eggs.

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