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