As someone who has written two physics theses with LaTeX (including numerous tables and lists), and countless science papers with Word, you are wrong.
Give me LaTeX any time. It's not the best way to get things done ... but it's miles above Word or Libre.
If it weren't for maths, i wouldn't use either nowadays, though. I would go with Scrivener or Mellel for any lengthy science or technical writing that does not use much math. Say, like 'soft' sciences like history.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
