In physics, the laws applicable to the cosmological scale are not valid on the atomic scale.
The dangers of this mathematization of the World was, as we know, the great concern of the mathematician and founder of phenomenology, Edmund Husserl. This is the central subject of his famous book, titled: Crisis of European Sciences and Crisis, published in 1936.
Drawing an analogy from pure mathematics, it is possible that while every biological phenomenon may be represented in terms of physics, yet biological statements represent a class of “undecidable” statements within the framework of physics. Such a conjecture is reinforced by the history of physics itself and illustrated on several examples. The 19th century physicists tried in vain todeduce electromagnetic phenomena from mechanical ones. A similar situation may exist in regard to biological and social sciences. Quite generally, the possibility of representing a class B phenomena in terms of class A phenomena does not imply that the phenomena of class B can be deduced from those of class A.
For more information you may consult the following link:
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF02477000
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