Exploration of Governing Themes What is Science?

7/23/02


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Exploration of Governing Themes What is Science?

Science vs. technology

Three questions

ėSeeing the worldî

ėSeeing the worldî Assumptions scientists make

Doing science : The scientific method

The scientific method : What is it?

ėShow me the dataî

Bias : The hidden troublemaker

Dealing with bias

Logic

Imagination The missing ingredient

ėWhat if ?î

Hypotheses and theories

The good...

The good (contíd)

The bad . . .

The messy . . .

ėDiscoveryî of oxygen

ėDiscoveryî of oxygen

ėDiscoveryî of oxygen, contíd

The scientific enterprise

The scientific enterprise . . .

Communication

Organization

Division by disciplines

Borders between disciplines

Ethics

Aesthetics

Author: Computing Services

Email: burgmayer@hslc.org

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