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What is science? Knowledge acquired by careful observation, by deduction [logic reason to form a
conclusion] of the laws in which govern changes and condition and by testing these deductions by

experimentation. The systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world

through observation and experimentation.

Scientific Method – is a series of processes that people can use to gather knowledge about the world

around them, improve that knowledge, attempt to explain why and/or how things occur.

GENERAL CONCEPTS AND HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTS OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

AND SOCIETY:

Social, Political, and Cultural Values = affects = Scientific research and

technological innovation = affects = Society, Politics, and Culture

Mankind’s achievements in Science and Technology

These are two elements:

1. Discovery – the recognition and careful observation of new natural

objects and phenomena

2. Invention – is a mental process wherein man’s various discoveries
and observation, combined and guided by experience lead man to make
some other new way [operations] and mean [tools] of obtaining things

useful or profitable

3 C’s = curiosity, critical thinking, and creativity = passion to learn,

discover, know, eagerness to share

Science as an idea

It is social and personal activity

It is intellectual study

It is course and field of study

Research = searching a problem = gather information = hypothesis =

testing the-

hypothesis = conclusion = verifying conclusion

BRANCHES OF SCIENCE

Natural Science – seeks to understand the natural world and different

processes

a. Physical Science [Chemistry, Physics, Earth]

b. Biological Science [Zoology, Botany, Anatomy]