Thursday, September 27, 2007

Scientific revolution:Scientific Method

The scientific revolution caused an outcome of success which came to the discovery of a simple logical way to make proof of someones beliefs upon the earth and/or universe. The scientific method was then introduced as the new way of challenging others ideas and proving whats right from wrong. The cause of the scientific method was brought on due to a Greek philosopher named Aristotle who only thought things were true because it was the way it ought to be. A well known example for Aristotle's mistake on science was the theory on which heavy objects would fall faster than small objects. He was proven wrong by Galileo, a great scientist, using the Scientific Method. The scientific method is a procedure of four steps:
1. Observation and description of a phenomenon or group of phenomena.
2. Formulation of an hypothesis to explain the phenomena. In physics, the hypothesis often takes the form of a causal mechanism or a mathematical relation. 3. Use of the hypothesis to predict the existence of other phenomena, or to predict quantitatively the results of new observations.
4. Performance of experimental tests of the predictions by several independent experimenters and properly performed experiments.
From a mistake of a scientist, and another scientist not approving the other's belief, came an extremely useful method which is still used today

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