2. SCIENCE AN
INTRODUCTION
The word ‘Science‘
It is derived from the Latin
(Roman) word ‘
Scientia’ or ‘Scire’
which means knowledge.
3. Definition
Science deals with the
understanding of natural
phenomena and the relations
between them and its end is
the rational interpretation of
facts of existence as
disclosed to us by our faculties
and senses.
4. Karl Pearson
The hypotheses of Science
according to a great thinker, Karl
Pearson are formed
On the basis of the observed
facts, which, when confirmed
by criticism and experiments
are turned into the "Law of
Nature".
5. J. Arthur Thomson
In the words of J. Arthur Thomson.
" Science is the well criticised body of
empirical knowledge declaring in the
Simplest and Tersest terms available
at the time what can be observed and
experimented with, and summing up
uniformities of change in formula
which are called laws verifiable by all
who can use methods.
6. Triangle of science
Hypothesis
Theory Law
Hypothesis, theory
and law seems to be
the vertices of the
triangle of science
based on experiments
and observations.