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SCIENCE LATIN SCIENTIA
KNOWLEDGE

• Quest for Knowledge
• Many Seekers of Knowledge
• Not Limited to Scientists
• Very Broad Definition

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SCIENCE

• Difficult to Define
• Like Love, Beauty, Art

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SCIENCEUse of observation, measurement, logic
and a sense of beauty to devise general principle
about the Natural World

• May include
• Math
• Logic
• Physics

• Chemistry
• Biology
• Etc.

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PHYSICS GREEK PHYSICS
NATURE

• Pure Science
• Summarizes and Explains General Facts and
  Principles about Natural World
• Applied Science
• Technology
• Engineers

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SCIENTIFIC METHODSSEQUENCE OF ACTIVITIES

• Qualitative
• Quantitative

Idea Non-numerical Description
Details Mathematical Numerical

1. Observation 3) Testing 5) Prediction
2. Hypothesis 4) Theory 6) Empirical-
   Experimental Check

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SOME MEASURED LENGTHS
Distance to a Quasar 6 X 1025 Meters
Distance to Nearest Star (Alpha Centauri) 4.3 X 1016 Meters
Radius of the Earth 6.4 X 106 Meters
Thickness of Textbook Page 1 X 10-4 Meters
Size of Poliomyelitis Virus 1.2 X 10-8 Meters
Radius of Hydrogen Atom 5.3 X 10-11 Meters
Effective Radius of a Proton 1.2 X 10-15 Meters