Pre-historic

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Father of science
He postulated non supernatural phenomena

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Thales

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it was believed that God causes earthquakes, he suggested that it is because of the agitation of water

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Thales

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Student of Thales
Postulated that earth is spherical shape

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Pythagoras

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Introduced atomism- all matter is made of atoms

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Leucippus

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Started the investigations of nature

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plato

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Student of Plato
Laid the foundations of scientific method

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aristotle

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Classified more than 540 animal species

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aristotle

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Heliocentric model- sun is the centre of solar system

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Aristarchus

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Calculated the circumference of the earth

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Erastosthenes

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Father of modern medicine

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Hippocrates

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Greatest mathematician of all time
Calculated the area under the arc of a parabola, given an approximate value of pi

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Archimedes

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Introduced the concepts of definition, axiom, theorem and proof
Written the book ‘ Elements’

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Euclid

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Laid the foundation of hydrostatics

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Archimedes

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• first systematic star catalog

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Hipparchus

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– dissected human body to describe the nervous system

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Herophilos

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Galen –performed surgeries on brain and eye

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Galen

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wrote descriptions of plants and animals

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Theophratus

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He stated that correlation doesn’t imply causation

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david hume

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His work had a great impact upon the development of philosoph

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john locke

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Father of classical liberalism

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john locke

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Famous for his work on vision and metaphysics
Concentrated on visual and tactual objects

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George Berkeley

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the more you use something the bigger and developed it becomes

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Lamarckism

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it refers to the investigation where the results obtained from an experimental sample are compared with a control sample

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Controlled experiments

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refers to a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge

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Scientific method

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carried out in an artificial situation, where the researcher attempts to control the confounding variables

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Natural experiment

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performed outside the lab, in the real world, but follows the steps of scientific process

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Field experiment

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Basic rules apply everywhere

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Universal basic ideas

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is a mental act, condition or habit of placing blind faith, trust or confidence in some one or something

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Blind belief

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Scientific knowledge leads to new concepts

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progressive

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Depends upon objective methods and produces objective results

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objectivity

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Based upon observations of the natural world

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Scientific knowledge is empirically based

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Scientific method

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refers to a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge

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Characterization : how to understand a phenomenon, decide what to observe about a phenomenon, how to define the research problem and how to measure the phenomenon

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Observation or experimentation

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testing characterization, hypothesis, theory and predictions, understanding a phenomenon better and drawing conclusion.

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Prediction

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what answers or results do we expect? What is the logic of the result?

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Hypothesis and theory: the research questions before performing research, often based on earlier research

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the research questions before performing research, often based on earlier research

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Technology

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is the application of tools, materials, processes and systems to solve problems and provide benefits to humanity.