Science is an organized body of knowledge supported by observation and experimentation‚ derived from the natural phenomena of the entire material universe. Biology had flourished a great deal in ancient India. Various systems of classifying animals and plants were developed‚ for example Jeevaj (Viviparous) animals that give birth to young one‚ Andaj (Oviparous) animals that lay eggs‚ etc. Cultivation of rice was first introduced in India. It is estimated that more than 1000 varieties of rice had
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Science and Religion: Enemies or Allies? For years now‚ the world has made scientific breakthroughs of every kind‚ whether it be the moon landing or the discovery of the Higgs boson particle. Such discoveries have given the critics of Creationism ammunition to attack religious believers‚ and as I have seen‚ said attacks have been very successful in turning people away from the goodness of God. Nowadays‚ high schools have become very secular establishments‚ with any mention or discussion of religion
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P olitical science refers to the social science in relation with political institutions and with the principles and conduct of government. This means that political science is about studying the norms of the society and the government. In political science‚ you need to know what the society needs‚ how the government id functioning‚ how the government execute laws‚ how they render authority to the people‚ how the government is built‚ and many more. It is also the study of the state wherein you ought
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1. Phonetics as a science. - it’s a subject matter in branches. Term comes from Greek word “Phonitikos” (голосовой) or the science of the voice. Phonetics is a science‚ which treats the sounds of which language is composed. Phonetics (encyclopedia) is the study of how the speech sounds are made (articulatory phonetics)‚ the acoustic properties of the sound (acoustic phonetics) and how sounds are organized in the language (linguistic phonetics). Phonetics (Webster) is the science or a study of speech
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POLITICAL SCIENCE * It is the systematic study of the state in all its elements‚ aspects and relationships. * The term POLITICAL is taken from the Greek word POLIS meaning‚ city-state. * SCIENCE is derived from Latin word SCIRE which means “to know” and CIENCIA which means “knowledge” or “study” * The systematic study of and reflection upon politics. Politics usually describes the processes by which people and institutions exercise and resist power. Political processes are used
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Space science – study of everything in outer space.[1] This has sometimes been called astronomy‚ but recently astronomy has come to be regarded as a division of broader space science‚ which has grown to include other related fields‚[2] such as studying issues related to space travel and space exploration (including space medicine)‚[3] and science performed in outer space (see space research). ContentsPlanetary and Space Science‚ published 15 times per year‚ is a peer-reviewed scientific journal
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The Advancement of Science‚ and Its Burdens Gerald Holton Cambridge U.P.‚ New York‚ 1986. 351 pp. $39.50 hc ISBN 0-521-25244-X; $12.95 pb ISBN 0-521-27243-2 In this thoughtful book‚ Gerald Holton considers both blades of our sword of Damocles‚ the thoughtprovoking advancements and the concomitant burdens of science. Holton‚ a renowned historian of science‚ takes the philosophical and historical high road on his trip from the past glories of Albert Einstein‚ Werner Heisenberg and Robert Oppenheimer
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PSYCHOLOGY AS A SCIENCE Psychology is the scientific study of the behavior of individuals and their mental processes. (Fuchs & Milar‚ 2002). But what makes it a scientific study? First of all‚ why not? Nowadays the idea of psychology as a science seems so natural to us‚ but it was not always like this. The late-eighteenth-century declaration that a true scientific study of the mind was not possible posed a challenge that was answered in the nineteenth century when the possibility
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Advertisement and Sciences – Five diverse views Being primarily consumers‚ our view on advertisement is extremely biased. We consider most of it as excessively annoying and censure the advertising industry while at the same time we are highly receptive to their efforts‚ and as if that was not enough we take part in collegiate neurological studies on consumer behaviour. The advertising industry uses our behaviour as a tool and the better they become the less we are annoyed by all the banners
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when help is needed to extract and assess any physical evidence that could have been left at the crime scene. The details of the evidence is then explained in a court in order for an appropriate legal action to take place against the crime. Forensic science deals with several specializations such as certain aspects of crimes scenes‚ bodies‚ evidence and more. The first duty and responsibility of a forensic scientist is to collect evidence from a particular crime scene where the evidence requires the
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