Difference between revisions of "Experiment"
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| − | a. An experiment is a procedure carried out to support, refute, or validate a hypothesis. Experiments provide insight | + | a. An experiment is a procedure carried out to support, refute, or validate a [[hypothesis]]. Experiments provide insight |
into cause-and-effect by demonstrating what outcome occurs when a particular factor is manipulated. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiment</ref> | into cause-and-effect by demonstrating what outcome occurs when a particular factor is manipulated. <ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiment</ref> | ||
Revision as of 04:54, 29 March 2020
colloquial
1. noun
a. TEST, TRIAL [1]
2. verb
c. to try or test, especially in order to discover or prove something [2]
scientific
1. noun
a. An experiment is a procedure carried out to support, refute, or validate a hypothesis. Experiments provide insight into cause-and-effect by demonstrating what outcome occurs when a particular factor is manipulated. [3]
Scientific Experiment in context
"Once the hypothesis has been established, it is time to *TEST IT* . The process of experimentation is what sets science apart from other disciplines,
and it leads to discoveries every day. An EXPERIMENT is designed to *PROVE or DISPROVE* the hypothesis. If your prediction is correct, you will
not be able to reject the hypothesis." The Nature of Science and The Scientific Method[4]
"The Final Arbiter of truth in 'Science' is experiment."
Computational Chemistry -- Introduction to the theory and application of Molecular and Quantum Mechanics[5]
"The only way things change in Physics is experiments ...Everything is based on experiments, that's the only way we change our mind."
Wave Theory of Light[6]
"Experiment is the only means of knowledge at our disposal. Everything else is poetry imagination."
Molecular Quantum Mechanics[7]
References
- ↑ merriam-webster.com/dictionary/experiment
- ↑ https://www.dictionary.com/browse/experiment
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiment
- ↑ McLelland, Christine V: The Nature of Science and The Scientific Method; The Geological Society of America https://www.geosociety.org/documents/gsa/geoteachers/NatureScience.pdf
- ↑ Lewars, EG: Computational Chemistry -- Introduction to the theory and application of Molecular and Quantum Mechanics; Third Edition 2016, p. 5.
- ↑ Ramamurti Shankar; Chair/Professor of Physics, Yale. Wave Theory of Light. ( .22 second mark)
- ↑ Max Planck (Nobel Prize, Physics), Quoted in; Atkins P.W.,: Molecular Quantum Mechanics; Oxford University Press, 1983
