That is math

From http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/07/science_and_math_in_the_high_s.php
"Oh, and the gray bars in the graph? That's math. Math is the #1 most effective preparation for doing well in all sciences, across the board; the more math you can get in high school, the better you're going to do in any science class you might want to take. Look at those giant gray bars — it makes almost a 2-grade point difference to be all caught up in math before you start college. Parents, if you want your kids to be doctors or rocket scientists, the best thing you can do is make sure they take calculus in high school."
I remember being quite avearage in school (it is not that I am a great success now); may be doing algebra thrice in the 9th grage helped. Here is a proof that my math brain is still functioning http://front.math.ucdavis.edu/0703.5890. But the problem seems to be thinking about other areas where the methodology is not so clear cut.