what is the origin of science? How did it begin?

Question

Is it at all possible that it began with religion?

Ok I'm talking about he study of science?I probably should have said that sorry.
Where did the study of science, or in other words when did human understanding incorperate science as we know it? How did we start studying science?and why?

Answer 1

Like most of Western intellectual heritage, it began with the Greeks. Instead of building up elaborate mythologies, they began breaking the universe down into comprehensible parts. It wasn't until much later that the modern scientific method, which is based on experimentation, emerged.

And no, science didn't grow out of religion, though in a sense it begins in the same impulse as religion: the desire to understand the universe, and thus control it.

Answer 2

Science has nothing to do with religion. Religion is based on beliefs, science is based on facts.

I think science would have begun the first time a human had a curiosity about something. Curiosity would have caused a detailed look at something, even experimentation with it.

Even a newborn baby practices science. When they see something, they may grab it, look at it, wonder what it is for, what it does, and what happens if they throw it across the room. This is elementary science.

If you meant to ask when science began as an actual named event with documentation of experiments, I would think when humans first began a written language, whether in words or symbols like hyroglyphs. Unfortunately, you probably could not find an exact date of that event.

Answer 3

well it all depends on what kind of science you are talking about. Science in general is nothing but observation and conclusion, so the answer is basically that science came with sencient thought. As soon as an organism had the capacity to wonder how or why, or to make assumptions based on experience, science was born. This was long before religion. Religion (in general) came about as a means of explaining what people could not find an answer for, such as how the world began, or what happens to our consciousness when we die. So no, science did not come from religion, but quite the opposite. Man created religion (sorry if I'm offending anyone here!!!!!!) - from native american myths, to ancient greek mythology, to the christian and jewish god- as a means of extending human "knowledge" to where science could not take us.

Answer 4

Secular Humanism is a religion. It is man denying God and attempting to find life's answers apart from the Creator. Science is great but it doesn't fill the void in ones heart. Only Christ can do that. Science thus began with men/women looking elsewhere for answers.

Answer 5

Well lets just take a look where the word science comes from. =)

Ever since, the attainment of knowledge has been one main goal of humanity. Over the last two or three centuries this has expressed itself in an ever-increasing emphasis on science. ( Our English word science is directly derived from scientia, the Latin word for "knowledge")

Go back to the book of Genesis in the Bible.

Historically, there have been various routes that humanity has followed in seeking independence from God. The first is knowledge. Now humor me for sec.. I know you might not believe but just put this into perspective. In the Garden of Eden there were two speical trees-- the tree of life and the tree of knowledge. It was a critical moment in history, when Adam and Eve turned away from the tree of life and chose the tree of knowledge.

Something for you to chew... thanks for the quetion.. =)
And science can never prove it... I know..you need hard edveince.. but there are so many things that science..or Knowledge cannnot for fill questions that are never meant to be answered..

Answer 6

The definitive answer. The study of angles and geometric interrelation, including the derivation of calendars. Pythagoras, etc. were of course from ancient Greece where philosophy branched out to observations of the world and nearby heavenly bodies, and solar clock precision was all the rage. All sorts of early peoples studied what they could of their surroundings, which given their available technology mainly involved calendars and geometric interrelation. Without instruments, who would know what the guts of a squashed lizard would be? Medicine through geometry on the philosophical horizon.

Answer 7

I think it was a guy named hippocrites back in ancient greece.
The same people who studied religion also cared about science so yes there was a connection. the idea was to studu fact and compare and then test theories thatd eveloped from the facts by experimenting. it is still the same today. (except in religion where everything is based upon faith)

Answer 8

Science started because it's human nature to want to know more about everything.

Answer 9

"Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"...IMHO

But perhaps you have a point with this post...Religion can date back way before astrology/science has ever been recorded-so why not...

Answer 10

nope it started when there was the first organism on the earth