(thing) by servus Sun Feb 11 2001 at 21:54:32
Like pure mathematics, except without the proofs, the headaches or the cardigans. Beards and sandals tend to feature more.
Concerned with trying to make maths useful, it meets the real world in places where science becomes very obscure or technical. The difference between it and theoretical physics is at best fuzzy.
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