The Scientific Method--where does it come from?

1. Here's my powerpoint  from Thursdays class, minus the live pearls of random wisdom of course ;)

2. Here's the Carl Sagan  COSMOS  clip talking about the Pre-Socratics--we only watched 1/3 so feel free to indulge yourselves in all 3 parts

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3. here's an image to contemplate while you are reading Plato's Allegory of the Cave.  Have fun and see you next week!

WEEK ONE, ps. an illustrated science lecture, teenage style

WEEK ONE! Lego+Ted talk!!

LOOK and LEARN!! Watch the amazing *Carolyn in Wonderland*  by Maia Weinstock, published on her blog Annals of Spacetime.

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Science, does not simply describe and explain nature; it is part of the interplay between nature and ourselves. It is Nature, exposed to our method of questions." Werner Heisenberg, Physics and Philosphy, 1958