Science

Science is a methodology for discovering and classifying knowledge. The scope of science encompasses all measurable phenomena. Science falls under two scopes: natural science, dealing with the physical, natural world, and social science, dealing with society and human nature.

People who study science are called scientists. Most of the early scientists who started many of the scientific fields, and some of history's greatest thinkers, such as Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein, believed in God, or some other higher power, and many were creationists. In addition, Christianity played a pivotal role in the development of modern science. In recent years, American scientists have been much more atheistic as a group than the general public.

Principles of science

The basis of modern science is observation and hypothesis, it involves constructing the best theory to explain an occurrence based on the evidence at the time. The generally accepted scientific procedure is:

• Observations of an unknown phenomenon are made
• A hypothesis is made to explain to explain the observations
• A experiment or experiments are carried out to test the hypothesis.
  • If the experiment supports the hypothesis it is considered a theory
  • If the experiment does not support the hypothesis it is either rewritten or discarded
• If at a later date evidence is produced which contradicts the theory, it is discarded and a new hypothesis is developed

One of the fundamental tenants of science is that no theory is absolute, they are constantly changing in response to new evidence being observed.

See also

• Scientific method