Scientific Notation is often used as a short way of writing very large or very small numbers. So for a very large one, distances in space would be an example. Tiny particles in living items might be one for very small values.
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Sometimes. Scientific notation is used to express very small or very large numbers. If the problem does not involve any such numbers then there is no need for scientific notation.
Scientific notation is a way to represent very large or very small numbers. Developments in science allow us to investigate the universe as well as the microcosm: both these involve very large and/or small numbers. Furthermore, outside of scientific there are numbers such as population counts, the value of international trade, the US budget deficit, China's currency surplus whose use is considerably simplified by using scientific notation.
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In most practical situations the calculations required to do numerical analysis are so lengthy and tedious that they are too expensive to be performed by people nowadays, especially since they generally involve simple arithmetic rather than anything requiring human intelligence.
Statistics and Logic - the political theorist must possess a broad scientific background and a knowledge of current political problems, and he must employ scientific methods in gathering and evaluating data and in drawing conclusions. These involve a proper application of statistical procedures for the quantitative measurement of social phenomena and of logical procedures for the analysis of reasoning.