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Natural Sciences - Coggle Diagram
Natural Sciences
Method and tool
Experiment
how to manage uncertainties in experiment
How experiments are designed
Literature (research papers)
Peer review process
To what extent can we trust peer reviews?
What are the limitations of peer reviews?
Could be influenced by human bias
How do scientific knowledges are communicated
in class, students learn from teachers
Verifications and discussions among the experts
Measurement, apparatus
Limitation on the apparatus used gives limitation in our knowledge
What are the limitations in measurements?
How to manage limitations in measurements?
Models
How are models created?
Can we trust models?
Depends on the theory that is accepted
Theory
must be backed by evidence
must be experimented to investigate its truth
Can be falsified by new discovery
Plum pudding model falsified by Rutherford Gold Foil Experiment
is a theory ever true?
Scope
Physics
How do physicists do physics?
What is physics
What do physicist study
how do u confirm physics theory
How far can physics be falsified
Chemistry
how chemists recognise behavoiur of atom
what is chemistry
How far can we rely on chemical equations
To what extent the periodic table is accurate for all type of experiment
Is the periodic table complete?
Scientists are actively trying to discover and synthesize heavier elements to start an 8th row.
Biology
How biologist conducts experiment on human?
Minnesota Starvation Experiment
To what extent do biological model simplify reality models ?
fluid mosaic models
What is biology
how can we verify a living human body mechanism is true
The theory is tested on animals with controlled experiment
Purpose
What motivates scientist to pusuit scientific knowledge?
What are the applications of scientific knowledge?
What are the difference between scientific knowledge and knowledge from other AOKs
science knowledge must be replicable and falsifiable
history knowledge relies heavily on available traces
Perspectives
hi
Ethics