BIOL 1201 : Week 1
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For wed (aug 27): skim pages 30-35; pre lecture videos (basic chem intro & atoms) August 25th: what is science, a process called the scientific method, what do scientists do, make observations, from observations they attempt to discern patterns, assume that the future is like the past. Point: to get to a really good model (but never really get there but get close) If you can"t make an observation, you can"t do science on it: hypothesis: test over and over and is supported and becomes , theory: always supported. Continue to test and it is true it becomes : law: a theory that is supported always. Reductionist approach: scale down to the smallest and then study the parts (10-8 106) Electron -1/ 0 dalton???: atomic number = protons, defines element, atomic mass = protons + neutrons. It is equal easy to gain or lose. Valence is the smaller of the two numbers.
