what is science all about?

Answer 1

Science is about:

Having a hypothesis (an idea) on how an observed phenomena takes place.

Gathering data on the phenomena. This can be done by observing and measuring the natural world or by designing and running experiments in the laboratory.

If the data and experiments supports the initial idea, the hypothesis is refined into a model. This is then published and tested by other scientists.

If the principles of the model are strong enough, they may become scientific laws. However, the model remains until there is an observation made which does not fit into it. In which case the model is discarded and the whole cycle begins again.

Science is a way of systematically trying to make sense of what we see every day. Science has given birth to most of the technologies we now use.

Answer 2

Science is all about the search for the unknown. Importantly it utilises the investigative process, by coming up with theories that can be tested. There are many types of science but this concept should hold true for all of them, if not; it isn't good science.

This is an important difference from philosophy, also about the search for knowledge but which relies on creating a good argument for ones ideas, or metaphysics (religion) which is about looking inside ones self or to a divine being for answers.

Answer 3

Science in the broadest sense refers to any system of objective knowledge. In a more restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on the scientific method, as well as to the organized body of knowledge humans have gained by such research.

There are different points of view regarding the scientific method: Methodological naturalism maintains that scientific investigation must adhere to empirical study and independent verification as a process for properly developing and evaluating natural explanations for observable phenomena. Methodological naturalism typically, therefore, rejects supernatural explanations, arguments from authority and biased observational studies. Critical rationalism instead holds that unbiased observation is not possible and a demarcation between natural and supernatural explanations is arbitrary; it instead proposes falsifiability as the landmark of scientific theories and falsification as the universal scientific method. (This approach has been generalized to pancritical rationalism.) Instrumentalism rejects the concept of truth and emphasizes merely the utility of theories as instruments for explaining and predicting phenomena.

Fields of science are commonly classified along two major lines:
- Natural sciences, which study natural phenomena
- Social sciences, which study human behavior and societies

Whether mathematics is a science is a matter of perspective. It is similar to other sciences in that it is a careful, systematic study of an area of knowledge — specifically, it focuses on a priori knowledge. Mathematics as a whole is vital to the sciences — indeed, major advances in mathematics have often led to major advances in other sciences. Certain aspects of mathematics are indispensable for the formation of hypotheses, theories, and laws, both in discovering and describing how things work (natural sciences) and how people think and act (social sciences).

Science as defined above is sometimes termed pure science in order to differentiate it from applied science, the latter being the application of scientific research to human needs.

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Answer 4

Science is all about knowing the unknown and using it for survival, personal advantage, necessity, convinience or prestige. But basically, it's less about the reason, because different scientists have different reasons, like me, who is an idealist and believes in knowing for knowing's sake. So, again, it is about knowing the unknown. The way of knowing is called the scientific method. The way of organizing this knowledge is called theory formation. Appliying this knowledge is called technology. And the belief that the unknown can be known is called hope.

Answer 5

Observation and recording these observations, taking these observations, and comparing them to older observations, using our unique ability to think and reason to try and form a hypothesis, aka, Idea, on what was observed, and why it happened , and then based on the hypothesis, aka idea/thought, being able to reconstruct/ reproduce in a controlled environment,aka lab, the same action/incident that we first saw,and then telling everyone, yes we know how that works, or this didnt work , we need more observations. Mans curiosity is greater than any cat's.

Answer 6

Science is about discovering how and why the world is as it is.

Answer 7

science in general is about finding out and understanding everything about life, our planet, the universe, everything really.

Answer 8

Science is about finding out WHAT something is.
Theology/Philosophy is about finding out WHY something is.

Answer 9

There's a video that describes it perfectly on www.weebls-stuff.com, under Toons. It's called science.

It's VERY informative, and only takes a few seconds. Highly recommended!

Answer 10

physics is about answering questions about how the universe works.
Chemistry is looking at how 2 chemicals can go bang!
Biology is simply looking at a plant and naming a certain part of it; or if its already got a name giving it another name...