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From: obnoxio@BRAHMS.BERKELEY.EDU (Obnoxious Math Grad Student)
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Subject: Taxonomy in the sciences
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Date: Sun, 9-Aug-87 01:54:21 EDT
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In article <84@thirdi.UUCP>, sarge@thirdi (Sarge Gerbode) writes:
>					     But, of course, zoology and
>botany, though they may *include* taxonomic systems, *are* sciences, [...]

Correct.  Taxonomy occurs in the "hard" sciences too.  Let's not forget
the periodic table from chemistry, the eight-fold way from physics, the
Hertzsprung-Russell diagram from astronomy, etc.  Classification problems
in mathematics might even be considered as an abstract form of taxonomy.

ucbvax!brahms!weemba	Matthew P Wiener/Brahms Gang/Berkeley CA 94720