In the accepted classification of sciences, mathematics is thought to be the queen, and the most difficult to grasp, followed by physics, chemistry, and, finally, biology. But this scientific hierarchy is false and misleading: we now know that biology contains more mathematics than we ever imagined.
有生之年，我们总是觉得生活尽在掌握之中。根据目前公认的科学分类，数学被誉为科学皇后，也是最难领会的一门，物理、化学紧随其后，最后，才是生物。但是这种科学等级划分却有偏颇误导之嫌：因为我们现在知道生物学中所包含的数学远远超过我们的想象。