Sunday, September 16, 2007
Copernicus and the trial of Galileo
Since there was no recent technology in the time of galileo galilei and copernicus, it was hard to find out about space ad our universe; galileo had put up a theory saying that the planets and the sun revolved around earth but they revolved around the earth in an eliptical shape. and copernicus though they considered him right said that all planets revolved around the sun but that they revolved in a circular shape. None of them were correct but copernicus was close enough so his theory stood while they put galileo on trial for his false theory. While galileo was on trial he started thinking outside the box and he did many things. like putting the scientific method in practice, inventing a telescope, etc...
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Scientific Revolution: Scientific Method
The Scientific method is method used to investigate, learn or fix old theory's. There are a couple of steps in this method that help in the investigation:
Ask a Question: Most of the time the scientific method is used to answer a question made like for example who, what, when, where, why, which or how.
Backround Research: Most of the times it isn't enough to just answer the things yourself, sometimes it's good to investigate through popular sources of research like the internet or the library and find things that might help you with what you are looking for.
Ask a Question: Most of the time the scientific method is used to answer a question made like for example who, what, when, where, why, which or how.
Backround Research: Most of the times it isn't enough to just answer the things yourself, sometimes it's good to investigate through popular sources of research like the internet or the library and find things that might help you with what you are looking for.
Hypothesis: Now is when you start the question that will construct your theory. Like for ex:if i do _____ then _____ will happen...
Test your hypothesis: (Self explanatory)
Draw Conclusion: now that you have tested youre hypothesis what you have to do is analyze youre data and draw a conclusion, whether youre theory was right or wrong.
Evolution vs Creation
The theory of evolution .vs. creation is a popular debate on how, why, and when everything started; most of the general concepts in the debate are mostly on the origins of the earth, humanity, life and the universe. Now if we look at the debate i have to points of view: one where i have scientific proof that we came from the family of the apes, and another point of view where religion comes in and everything is written in the bible. In the scientific point of view it is said that when the Big Bang occurred the planets were released and that in the earth life took place, and that during the years the most simple life forms went evolving and turning complex life forms. To me that makes a lot of sense. Then there is religion, where the bible explains that god created everything. In a way both theory's depend on each other. So i really cant pick but maybe in a couple of years or decades the world will find out.
Monday, September 10, 2007
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