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godzilla7
Yes I am not arguing that you should forgo the maths simply that as Misogynistic Feminist said, you encourage some excitement and wonder in students before, bombarding them with maths, what I'm suggesting is that for the first 3 months of say a degree, they learn the quantum and classical applications of physics, and the application of this on the astronomical scale, doppler effects simple mathematics like parsec equations and photon energy math, relativity, special relativity, nuclear physics, stuff to show the vast application of physics, to encourage imagination and then delve deeply into the equations to see how we can use our mathematical understanding to solve some of QM's problems this would in my view be a far better way of encouraging more physisists than turning off people who realize that there maths needs work and drop out cause they think they can't keep up, if the student who's maths needs work is excited about the implications behind the concepts he/she will be more likely to stay the distance, this approach may well ease the shortage of physisists and help to encourage people to think about physics as a career.