WhatisScience.pptVIP

What is Science?;Science: [scientia, knowledge];In order to do science we have to make the following assumptions:;‘God does not play dice with the universe.’;Or does She?;Science can only state what is, not what should be.;Which of the following statements can be tested scientifically?;The claim is sometimes made that the scientific method produces closer and closer approximations to reality. Is this a scientific statement? Why or why not? ;The Scientific Method;Scientists develop their knowledge by observation and experimentation ;Scientific knowledge advances by a method known as strong inference ;Observation;Observation;Observation;Observation;correlation ≠ causation;Observation;Childbed fever deaths absent when physicians washed their hands;Semmelweis;Observation;Observation;Observation;Observation;Initial Observation;;;Summary;Mystery Box;Types of hypotheses:;Explanations can be of three different types of claims:;;Underlying processes - A tungsten bulb is only 10% efficient, but a fluorescent bulb is 90% efficient. Tungsten filament is heated until it glows – 90% of the energy is lost as heat. Mercury vapor in an enclosed tube is energized by electrons, causing it to be absorbed by a phosphorescent coating, causing the coating to fluoresce – only 10% of the energy lost as heat.;Before beginning to test an explanation....;Occam’s Razor;Types of hypotheses:;How to test an explanatory hypothesis;Francesco Redi;Spontaneous generation of vermin?;Done in 1668;Redi’s experiment only used open and sealed jars. The jar with a screen was from a repeat of his work.