How Science Relates to Math and Scientific Applications of
Mathematics
So You Want To Design Video Games?
- Learn about the mathematics required and the math used by game
designers.
Calculating Weightlessness - Use math to
calculate weightlessness. Also try the weightlessness calculator!
Mathematics and Weather - Learn about
the mathematics behind weather forecasting computer models.
Using Mathematics In An
Accident Investigation - We experimentally verify that skid mark
length varies directly as the square of the speed. (Watch
The Video!)
Using Algebra To Predict Your Car's Future
Value - See how a mathematical model predicts the value of a 10
year old car to within 5% of the actual value.
Complex Numbers Applied
To a 1986 Toyota - See how we need "i" in order to derive the
equation describing suspension system and vertical motion of the
vehicle with respect to time.
Albert Einstein's Statement Concerning
Math and Nature - Read how Albert Einstein used mathematics to
explain the nature of our universe.
The Mathematical Derivation of the Freefall
Equation - See how this physics formula common to nearly every
college algebra book is really mathematics applied to the acceleration
of gravity.
Quadratic Equations - Building
a Greenhouse - Here is a simple quadratic equation that nearly
every builder deals with at some point.
How Taylor Polynomials Power
Our World - Without these polynomials, we would have no scientific
functions on our calculators!
Calculating The Depth of a Lake Using
Mathematics - Is this lake deep enough to have fish as big as cars
in it, as legend goes?
Heat Transfer and Mathematics -
See why heat transfer is important to our daily lives and how
mathematics is required to understand it.
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