2006-11-14 00:58:27 · 3 answers · asked by rey m 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Historically , before Descartes, philosophers thought you could understand the world only by the power of thought. Descartes realised that experience is critical to science. After everybody applied that physics developed exponentially. Without measurement we can never estimate or calculate how different things influence a certain phenomenon. So...wright now experimental data is critical to physics. Also, because nature is so complicated, even if we now basic laws, they won't help us much in determining something that occurs in the real world.
2006-11-14 01:09:18 · answer #1 · answered by viktorpopescu 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without measurement, physics becomes philosophy.
2006-11-14 09:00:48 · answer #2 · answered by lunatic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
measurements are able to quantify things...
make things worth experimenting and believing...
lots of theories, laws, principles, experiments and even ideas evolved because of measurements...
2006-11-14 10:18:00 · answer #3 · answered by dumb-sel in distress 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋