2. Conveying an art, practice, operation, or method; based upon or regulated by science, as opposed to mere traditional rules or ideas.
3. Relating to an organized body of knowledge which is derived from observations and which can be verified or tested by further investigation.
5. Descriptive of being guided by a knowledge of science and acting according to scientific principles.
6. Etymology: from Latin scientia, "knowledge" + facere, "to make."
Examples of scientific creationism include the argument that the fossil record does not provide evidence of evolution, nor that modern cosmological theories do not explain the ultimate origin of matter.
2. An organized approach to problem-solving that includes collecting information, and testing it objectively, interpreting the results, and stating conclusions that can be independently evaluated and tested by other specialists.
The most important aspect of Translational Research is the working from the laboratory to the clinic, and from the clinic back to the laboratory.
Translational Scientific Research is, therefore, an inherently collaborative and interdisciplinary area of medical research.
Special information about Transitional Scientific Research is available here.
A theory can lead to a new conclusion or the discovery of a phenomenon. Developments of a theory often result in a change in paradigm; that is, looking at or thinking about a scientific problem in a totally different way as indicated by a set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitute a way of viewing reality for the scientific community that shares them.
Lists of scientific and technological subjects for your investigation and enlightenment or education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge.
The scientific method consists of four essential parts:
- The statement of a problem to be studied.
- The gathering of scientific data through observation and experimentation.
- The formulation of hypotheses or theories.
- The testing of those hypotheses.
The results of testing may lead to a restatement of the problem, or an entirely new problem to be analyzed, which starts the process over again.
Usually dated from about 1550 to 1700, the Scientific Revolution saw the origination of the scientific method and the introduction of ideas; such as, the heliocentric universe and gravity.
Its leading fugures included Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, and Isaac Newton.
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