What is an explanation?

Is an explanation the same as a description? Is describing that an airplane fell from the sky the same as explaining the cause of the crash? Mathematics is a language exclusively of descriptions. Math can only describe. If Science is about explaining a mechanism, Mathematics plays no part in Science. #bgaede #rationalscience #RopeHypothesis Rational Science lectures (Sundays UTC 19:00): https://youtube.com/@RationalScience Free illustrated book on the Rope Model of Light and Gravity. Download it at: https://www.ropehypothesis.com/book Paper introducing the Rope Model of Light and Gravity: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271306916_An_Alternative_to_Waves_and_Wave-packets Quora: https://www.quora.com/profile/Bill-Gaede Academia: https://independent.academia.edu/BillGaede Rope Hypothesis playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFYEIc3DL4g&list=PLwAqFWZDUpR9xmjdKC3TcEqYwZdSa6sOe Extinction playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwAqFWZDUpR8EHrH-_LHMqARSO9ASuM9x Neanderthal ‘Against Admixture’ playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwAqFWZDUpR8j0xcwT3NEAAM9r3clA6po Rational Physics playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwAqFWZDUpR8FNCsvupmDJd2bvq5FN7XE Bill Gaede en Castellano: https://www.youtube.com/user/BillGaedeChe Rational Scientific Method: https://www.facebook.com/groups/RationalScientificMethod/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/398337614158191 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RationalSci Music Logo Opener by Free Music | https://soundcloud.com/fm_freemusic Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/