What is science?
Dr. Douglas Duncan
Science is a process of
trying to understand the world by making models (or theories) which have
predictive power. It usually involves:
• Observing
• Looking for
patterns (which can be clues to underlying laws)
This
may involve
- Sorting
- Classifying
- Measuring
• Suggesting an
explanation (hypothesis) which explains all the observations made so far AND predicts new ones
• Making an
experiment or collecting more data which tests the prediction
• (If the experiment
fails) Suggesting another hypothesis, and trying another experiment....
• Telling others what you have discovered.
“Science
is a way of trying not to fool yourself”
-Richard
Feynman