• Question: How was science invented. Was it named after something/someone?

    Asked by Emz to Adrian, Gaia, Jim, Scott, Vicky on 10 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Adrian Buzatu

      Adrian Buzatu answered on 10 Mar 2016:


      1300-50; Middle English < Middle French < Latin scientia knowledge, equivalent to scient- (stem of sciēns), present participle of scīre to know + -ia -ia

      http://www.dictionary.com/browse/science?s=t

    • Photo: Gaia Andreoletti

      Gaia Andreoletti answered on 10 Mar 2016:


      It is believed that Aristotle invented science as it was the first one to described nature and the way it worked unlike any before him. However, whether he invented science is debatable to some extent as he did not use the scientific method.

      On the other hand, Roger Bacon is believed to be the originator of the scientific method, which emphasizes observation and experiments to confirm hypotheses and the use of measurable empirical data.

    • Photo: Scott Lawrie

      Scott Lawrie answered on 10 Mar 2016:


      Science, just like maths, wasn’t ‘invented’. It is just how the universe works whether you are deliberately looking at it or not!

      The way we observe nature and try to understand how it works is by doing experiments in a scientific way: thoroughly, methodically, carefully, well documented and un-biased.

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