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Re: Who asked "What is the theory of relativity?"

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On 5/31/15 4:42 PM, The Starmaker wrote:
> Science needs to come up with solutions.

   Science is about modeling how mother nature work.

   Science
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science

> Science (from Latin scientia, meaning "knowledge"[2]) is a systematic
> enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of
> testable explanations and predictions about the universe.[nb 1] In an
> older and closely related meaning, "science" also refers to this body
> of knowledge itself, of the type that can be rationally explained and
> reliably applied. Ever since classical antiquity, science as a type
> of knowledge has been closely linked to philosophy. In the West
> during the early modern period the words "science" and "philosophy of
> nature" were sometimes used interchangeably,[3]:p.3 and until the
> 19th century natural philosophy (which is today called "natural
> science") was considered a branch of philosophy.[4]
>
> In modern usage however, "science" most often refers to a way of
> pursuing knowledge, not only the knowledge itself. It is also often
> restricted to those branches of study that seek to explain the
> phenomena of the material universe.[5] In the 17th and 18th centuries
> scientists increasingly sought to formulate knowledge in terms of
> laws of nature. Over the course of the 19th century, the word
> "science" became increasingly associated with the scientific method
> itself, as a disciplined way to study the natural world, including
> physics, chemistry, geology and biology. It is in the 19th century
> also that the term scientist began to be applied to those who sought
> knowledge and understanding of nature.




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Re: Who asked "What is the theory of relativity?" The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-05-31 11:27 -0700
  Re: Who asked "What is the theory of relativity?" Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-05-31 13:32 -0500
    Re: Who asked "What is the theory of relativity?" The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-05-31 14:42 -0700
      Re: Who asked "What is the theory of relativity?" Sam Wormley <swormley1@gmail.com> - 2015-05-31 17:14 -0500
        Re: Who asked "What is the theory of relativity?" The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-05-31 15:50 -0700
      Re: Who asked "What is the theory of relativity?" Saul Levy <saullevy1@cox.net> - 2015-05-31 15:23 -0700
  Re: Who asked "What is the theory of relativity?" Saul Levy <saullevy1@cox.net> - 2015-05-31 15:26 -0700

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