• Question: Define Science?

    Asked by jimmyholt356 to Vince, Hannah, Becky, Gopal on 25 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by tryz, tazzyboy123.
    • Photo: Vince Hall

      Vince Hall answered on 25 Jun 2013:

      The use of logic and evidence to explain things.

      If I want to know about something, how it does that, or why it does that, I need to think about it. This is called forming a hypothesis.
      Then I need to test that hypothesis, by doing some maths, simulation , some experiments, making observations or using logic.

      The maths and or experiments should tell me if my hypothesis is correct.
      If no one can find anything: logic, maths, observation, simulation or experiment to say my hypothesis is wrong, then this hypothesis becomes a theory. Like quantum theory or the theory of evolution.
      If people find something scientific that is wrong with it, it is filed under “rubbish”.

    • Photo: Hannah Little

      Hannah Little answered on 27 Jun 2013:

      Science (n.) /ˈsaɪəns/ systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation. see also: AWESOME

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