What do you mean by science?

Answer 1

Science means - the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical world, especially by observing, measuring and experimenting, and the development of theories to describe the results of these activities.


In the broadest sense, science (from the Latin scientia, 'knowledge') refers to any systematic methodology which attempts to collect accurate information about the shared reality and to model this in a way which can be used to make reliable, concrete and quantitative predictions about events, in line with hypotheses proven by experiment. 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 gained through such research. Science as defined above is sometimes termed pure science to differentiate it from applied science, which is the application of scientific research to specific human needs.
Fields of science are commonly classified along two major lines: the natural sciences, which study natural phenomena (including biological life), and the social sciences, which study human behavior and societies. A principal characteristic of these groupings is that they are empirical sciences, which means the knowledge must be based on observable phenomena and capable of being tested for its validity by other researchers working under the same conditions.
Formal science, e.g. mathematics and logic, is sometimes classified as the third group of science, having both similarities and differences with the natural and social sciences. It is similar to other disciplines in that it involves an objective, careful and systematic study of an area of knowledge; it is different because of its method of verifying its knowledge, using a priori rather than empirical methods. Formal science, especially mathematics, is vital to the sciences. Indeed, major advances in mathematics have often led to critical advances in the physical and biological sciences. The opposite has also happened. Certain mathematical approaches 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).

Answer 2

First there are these quotes from the great Richard Feynman:

"Science is a way to teach how something gets to be known, what is not known, to what extent things are known (for nothing is known absolutely), how to handle doubt and uncertainty, what the rules of evidence are, how to think about things so that judgments can be made, and how to distinguish truth from fraud and from show."

"It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong."
-Richard Feynman,physicist, Nobel laureate (1918-1988)



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.... then this info (sorry I don't know where I got this before putting in my files):


"Science" refers to the system of acquiring knowledge in which scientific investigation must adhere to the *scientific method* . . . which is aimed at finding out the truth, and which explains observable events in nature as a result of natural causes.

The scientific method provides an *objective* process to find solutions to problems in a number of scientific and technological fields.
…..Since scientists, like all human beings, often have a preference for one outcome over another, and it is important that this preference does not bias their interpretation, the "scientific method" attempts to minimize the influence of a scientist's bias on the outcome of an experiment.

Scientists using the scientific method must:

1--use the mandatory procedures of "science":
….…disallowal of anecdoctal "evidence" as proof
…….well-designed and rigorous experiments --controlled for bias, sample size, extraneous variables, etc., etc.)
……publication in standard scientific journals
……peer review
2—not proclaim views which have been inadequately tested
3—not proclaim views which may even be untestable in principle
.….. (however odd, astonishing, or intuitively unacceptable the results might be, if the claims of a given field can be experimentally tested, and if methodological standards are upheld, it is real scientific work)

Scientists never claim absolute knowledge ....a proven scientific theory is always open to falsification*** if new evidence is presented.

*** falsifiable does not mean false. For a proposition to be falsifiable, it must at least in principle be possible to make an observation that would show the proposition to be false, even if that observation has not actually been made.....for example, the proposition "All crows are black" would be falsified by observing one white crow.



Diane B.

Answer 3

The observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena.
b. Such activities restricted to a class of natural phenomena. c. Such activities applied to an object of inquiry or study.

2. Methodological activity, discipline, or study: I've got packing a suitcase down to a science.

3. An activity that appears to require study and method: the science of purchasing.

4. Knowledge, especially that gained through experience.

Answer 4

Study of Life

Answer 5

Science is a method of investigating phenomena. It is the best method yet developed by the human mind for determining the nature of the cosmos.

Answer 6

Science is the truth which may not differ time to time or person to person or place to place.

Answer 7

Systamatic study

Answer 8

Science is the study of everything in the universe- even you

Answer 9

science is the study of around us

Answer 10

study of nature is called science ,because human are using all nature thing to prove their self,,,but they are forgetting all things that they are using etc iron steel, coal,gas,what ever its are natural ,,,,,
Allah has produce water with out water iron with out iron ,,but science is using all thing to create things,,,,,
according to me,study of nature is called science