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Courses to take to become a scientist
Name: a elzinga
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Date: 1999
Question:
What subjects do you have to major in to be a scientist?
Replies:
Mathematics is fundamental to all areas of science,
so take as much math as you can handle.
However, some scientists don't use tons of math in their
work other than statistics (biologists for example).
ALL scientists use statistics.
All scientists must also learn some chemistry and physics.
It is also strongly recommended that all scientists learn
some biology as well.
Scientists will typically also study a foreign language.
Typical choices include French, Russian and German because
many older, important, untranslated papers are written in these
languages.
I personally believe that history and philosophy are important
subjects for a scientist to study as well. They have helped me
in my own reearch, at least.
prof topper
Well, to answer your question, it would help to know what
kind of science you're interested in -- there are many different
fields of "science."
As prof topper has already mentioned, some math, chemistry and physics
are common to all of the science fields, however, don't worry if
those aren't your favorite topics in school. These subjects are
often just the tools to help you study other areas. For instance,
you would use some math, physics and chemistry to study: geology, botany
zoology, cell biology, animal physiology, microbilogy, sociology, psychology
and most other "ologies"...
Anyway, my point is, it's all related, and once you find a subject
you enjoy learning about, you'll learn what kinds of tools (like math,
chemistry or physics) that you need to best understand your area of
science...and for me, that makes these subjects a lot more fun to
learn about too!
Enjoy Learning!
--Tom
Absolutely, what Tom said!
prof topper
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