Mathematics-the language of science

science was transformed in the seventeenth century when it was learned that nature can be analyzed and described mathematically .

when the ideas of science are expressed in mathematical terms,the are unambiguous . They don't have the double meanings that so often confuse the discussion of ideas expressed in common language . when the findings in nature are expressed mathematically,they are easier to verify or to disprove by experiment. *the methods of mathematics and experimentation led to the enormous success of science .