In the beginning, there was man. As man developed, so did his curiosity about the natural world around him. Humans sought to explain all naturally occurring phenomenon through experimentation and observation. The first worldly scientists called themselves natural philosophers. This,…
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It was Theodore Roszak who once said that “[n]ature composes some of her loveliest poems for the microscope and the telescope.” Through observation man explores and through discovery man changes his world. Through observation man contemplates and through discovery man…
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The simple difference between scientific discovery and scientific observation is a matter of qualification, quantification and verification. While observation may be a contributing factor to discovery, the two are otherwise disassociated and even somewhat mutually exclusive. Anyone can make a…
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Imagine squeezing a tube of toothpaste and watching the paste ooze out. Notice how it takes on the circular shape of the nozzle. If you wanted to, you could keep on squeezing until the tube was empty, and then you’d…
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Mankind has dreamed of robots for thousands of years. And robots have been with us much longer than some people may suspect. Although the word “robot” did not exist until coined by Karel Capek for his 1921 Czech science fiction…
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As Archimedes settled into his evening bath and noticed that the water level rose, he accidentally realized that water displacement relates to volume. He proclaimed “Eureka!” as leapt out of his bathtub and raced through the streets naked. Since that…
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What are the best universities/colleges for a Math program/degree? The answer is: there are many. Amongst the excellent institutions you will find that offer a Math degree are:Harvey Mudd, MIT, Harvard, University of California at Berkeley and UCLA If you…
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‘But the fact is, that is the body of Lord Chartis!’ …‘My love, you make the classic error. That is not a fact, that is a conclusion drawn from facts.’ …‘You mean, it is not Chartis?’ …‘Oh, no. It is…
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“The Building Blocks of Science” With all Science it is the same as it ever was. Some things are newly discovered and some things have been disproved . It goes without saying that if something “is” today than it was…
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A scientist at the University of Texas in Dallas has created a thermal ‘invisibility cloak’, in reality’s answer to James Bond’s invisible car and Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak, according to a report from NBC. Unfortunately, as is often the case…
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