It's the key difference between mathematicians and physicists.
Additionally, there was also a great rivalry between experimental and theoretical physicists, as regards the professorial activities and the occupation of chairs at German universities.
It gives rise to a particularly harmonious collaboration between mathematicians and physicists.
During the past several years, Witten has been one of the leaders in a new liaison that string theory has forged between physicists and mathematicians.
The Santa Fe Institute fosters interdisciplinary research between physicists, mathematicians, economists, computer scientists, and others.
It represents a successful example of collaboration between physicists, software engineers, computer professionals, computer scientists and Italian industries.
Competition between physicists is often intense and sometimes bitter.
In terms of personality, interests, training and professional activity, there is little difference between applied mathematicians and theoretical physicists.
Those who disturb us at the Kolar gold mine make no fine distinctions between biologists and physicists.
This is an issue of heated debate between physicists and Egyptologists, the latter of which summarily insist that the carbon dating must be off.