Drummers know that there is a lot of counting that is required for what they do. The entire band depends on their efforts to keep the time. The guitar player in a rock or country band may get all the glory, but the drummer keeps everything together. The importance of math in music is well-known. The science of the art of drumming may be overlooked.
An important thing to all instruments is the timbre. There’s a reason a B flat played on a trumpet sounds different from a B flat played on a clarinet. The same note is being played, but the sound is echoing off different materials. The metal used int he trumpet produces a much louder sound than the wood or plastic used in the clarinet. Drummers know this. The snare drum is designed to produce loud sounds which accent the bass drum. The bass drum keeps the beat, of course. The cymbal’s clash will provide emphasis to a certain point in a song. Queen’s “We Will Rock You” would be a much different song if its famous rhythm did not end with a symbol clash. The science determines how loud the sound will be and what any given strike on a drum’s surface will sound like.