Biology is interesting and intellectually attractive without having to try too hard but the way it is typically taught is off-putting for the more mathematical types.
Which is a pity. Biology is the very definition of complexity science and while more fundamental physics research becomes increasingly esoteric and unproductive, life sciences provide an opportunity and a tangible challenge to invent new mathematics and computational tools that are a quantum leap versus our current toolkit.
E.g., morphogenesis has attracted people like Alan Turing and Rene Thom but it feels that there is still a vast universe to be understood more fundamentally and accelerating that pace might be even of vital importance for our welfare.
Which is a pity. Biology is the very definition of complexity science and while more fundamental physics research becomes increasingly esoteric and unproductive, life sciences provide an opportunity and a tangible challenge to invent new mathematics and computational tools that are a quantum leap versus our current toolkit.
E.g., morphogenesis has attracted people like Alan Turing and Rene Thom but it feels that there is still a vast universe to be understood more fundamentally and accelerating that pace might be even of vital importance for our welfare.