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Science and Technology Words from the Ancient Past to the Present, Part 1
(terms appearing in some "scientific" areas from about 2000 B.C. to 1799 A.D.)
Science and Technology Words from the More Recent Past to the Present, Part 2
(terms appearing in some "scientific" areas from about 1800 A.D. to 1899 A.D.)
Automobile or Related Car Terms
(scientific terms about the use of vehicles including cars, trucks, or any automobiles including their technology as related to transportation)
Bibliography or Lists of Glossary-Term Sources
(sources of information for the various terms listed in the Index of Scientific and Technological Topics)
Index of Scientific and Technological Topics
(access a variety of topics regarding science and technology)
load, loading, loaded
(just a few of the many important words with several applications in common practice and referring to special technical and scientific operations)
Ocean and Deep Sea Terms
(the study of the deep seas or oceans involves the abyss or the "deep seas" which cover almost two-thirds of the earth's surface; showing applicable scientific terminology in this unit)
Science, Technology, and Global Knowledge
(the spread of information with the "wiring" of the world has improved communications between people and accelerated the pace of scientific discoveries as well as greater efficiency in the exchange of technical knowledge and applications)
Sources of Information; Science and Technology
(bibliographic sources of information from which words and topics have been compiled about scientific and technological topics)
Word Entries containing the term: “scientific”
1. Scientific method, observation and facts
The observation of phenomena and the recording of facts: the phenomena are what occurs in the environment; the facts are descriptions of what is observed.
This entry is located in the following unit: Measurements and Mathematics Terms (page 1)
2. Scientific method, formlation of physical laws and generalizations
The formulation of physical laws from the generalization of the phenomena: physical laws are the way nature usually behaves based on what has been observed in the past.
This entry is located in the following unit: Measurements and Mathematics Terms (page 1)
3. Scientific method, developoment of theory to predict new phenomena
The development of a theory that is used to predict new phenomena where the theory is a general statement that explains the facts.

A theory can lead to a new conclusion or the discovery of a phenomenon. Developments of a theory often result in a change in paradigm; that is, looking at or thinking about a scientific problem in a totally different way as indicated by a set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitute a way of viewing reality for the scientific community that shares them.

—Based on information compiled from "Why Is Measurement Important to Science?"
by Patricia Barnes-Svarney, Editorial Director; The New York Public Library Science Desk Reference;
A Stoneson Press Book, Macmillan Publishers; New York; 1995; page 2.
This entry is located in the following unit: Measurements and Mathematics Terms (page 1)
Index of Scientific and Technological Topics

Lists of scientific and technological subjects for your investigation and enlightenment or education that results in understanding and the spread of knowledge.

This entry is located in the following unit: Index or Menu of Various Topics (page 1)
scientific method
A set of principles and procedures for systematic study, introduced primarily by Galileo Galilei, and still used in the modern sciences.

The scientific method consists of four essential parts:

  1. The statement of a problem to be studied.
  2. The gathering of scientific data through observation and experimentation.
  3. The formulation of hypotheses or theories.
  4. The testing of those hypotheses.

The results of testing may lead to a restatement of the problem, or an entirely new problem to be analyzed, which starts the process over again.

This entry is located in the following unit: Science and Technology Words from the Ancient Past to the Present, Part 1 (page 6)
Scientific Revolution
A period of accelerated scientific discover that completely reshaped the world.

Usually dated from about 1550 to 1700, the Scientific Revolution saw the origination of the scientific method and the introduction of ideas; such as, the heliocentric universe and gravity.

Its leading fugures included Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, and Isaac Newton.

This entry is located in the following unit: Science and Technology Words from the Ancient Past to the Present, Part 1 (page 6)
Scientific Terms Including a Variety of Topics
  1. Descriptioinary by Marc McCutcheon: Checkmark Books; An imprint of Facts On File, Inc.; New York; 2000.
  2. Encyclopedia of Science and Technology by James Trefil, Editor; Routledge; New York; 2001.
  3. How Things Work, Everyday Technology Explained by John Langone; National Geographic; Washington, D.C.; 2006.
  4. Inventions and Discoveries by Rodney Carlisle; Scientific American; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; Hoboken, New Jersey; 2004.
  5. Random House Word Menu by Stephen Glazier; Random House Publishers; New York; 1992.
  6. Science Desk Reference; Scientific American; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; New York; 1999.
  7. The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil; Houghton Mifflin Company; Boston, Massachusetts; 1988.
This entry is located in the following unit: Bibliography or Lists of Glossary-Term Sources (page 1)