ES101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Spontaneous Emission, Indeep, Radiant Energy
8 Dec 2015
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Simran nahal: primary goal of science: seek new ideas,principles,models that connect and explain certain scienti c data and. Friday, october 16, 2015 descriptions of what is likely to happen in nature: scienti c hypotheses: uncon rmed explanation of an observed phenomenon that can be tested w/ further research, ask a question, do experiments and collect data. We could use inductive reasoning to conclude: all objects fall to the earth"s surface when dropped. Friday, october 16, 2015: involves using logic to arrive at speci c conclusion based on a generalization or premise, form of top-down reasoning that goes from general to speci c, generalization; all birds have feathers example: eagles are birds. Friday, october 16, 2015: mathematical models particularly useful when many interacting variables, time frame long, controlled experiment impossible, too slow or too expensive to conduct. Eventually a negative feedback loop (more deaths than births) dominated and caused dieback of island"s human pop.
