Scientific method and greatest scientists

Examples of Greatest scientists

Examples of Greatest scientists

*Newton *Einstein *Aristotle *Edison *Marie Curie *Ibn Sina *Galileo

Galileo

Galileo

As great "scientist"

explained the relationship bet. the motion of object, time and distance

first to use telescope to observe the sky

His historical backgroud

important thinker,scholar and writer

writings got him into trouble with church

Reasons behind his trial

enemies of keyfigures

challenging church's teachings

failed to offer proof

challenging people's authority

"Great" Galileo

martyr for science

changed the way we understand our world and its place from the universe

Galileo's science

Galileo's method was scientific bec. he applied : observation,hypothesis,experiment, publishment

Main lecture questions

What is science?

systematic knowleledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experiment

What is good science?

Science which accomplish four steps

1- observe and make a hypothesis 2-find a way to test hypothesis 3- experiment 4- publishment of results

Who is a scientist?

one who use scientific thinking to declare why things are the way they are

Why is science different?

science begin from sense experiences, not from the authority of scriptual passages