Hard disagree there. Physics is experimental exploration of fundamental physical rules in the universe, which requires maths to model and further explore. But the reality came first.
Chemistry is ‘higher level’ physics, and similarly the discipline grew out of observed reality far before the maths were used.
Maths were useful tools, and continue to be more and more useful as they are developed
and have useful predictive power. But the predictive power (and falsifiability of their predictions) against reality is key.
Chemistry is ‘higher level’ physics, and similarly the discipline grew out of observed reality far before the maths were used.
Maths were useful tools, and continue to be more and more useful as they are developed and have useful predictive power. But the predictive power (and falsifiability of their predictions) against reality is key.