BIOL 1201 Lecture : BIOS Lecture One
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Skim through pages 1-77: focus on topping headers and figures. Create mastering biology account and enroll in mbbios course: complete intro assignment. What is science: a body of knowledge (a set of facts; textbook) (noun, an approach to understanding nature (verb) (the right answer, the two pieces go together, but science is traditionally an activity aka verb. It"s about getting to the best model for a general understanding. Scientific method (good explanation of understanding science: observation, generalization or model, predictions or hypothesis, test, new observations, creates a better model or generalization to either confirm or disagree with the initial observation and hypothesis. What happens as a result of the scientific method: we get a better model. The progress of science: you can get close to the truth, but you can never be absolutely certain, you can"t always understand everything, biologists don"t even know which questions to ask.
