The Hubble Deep Field

is probably one of the most important images ever taken is because it significantly expands our observational environment and provides a way of checking the abstract equations that science uses to define our universe against their reality. Presently scientists need two theories to define our universe. The first or Einstein’s define the macroscopic properties of … Read more

Occam’s razor

History has shown the most successful theories are those based on what has come to be called Occam’s razor or that “the explanation of any phenomenon should make as few assumptions as possible, eliminating those that make no difference in the observable predictions of the explanatory hypothesis or theory”.  Newton applied it when he defined … Read more

Falsifiability

What is falsifiability and why is important to the advancement and growth of science. Karl Poppers answers this in his book “The Logic of Scientific Discovery” by explaining how and why only those theories that are testable and falsifiable by observations add value to a scientific community.  Theories are a result of creative imagination.  Therefore, … Read more

The Big Picture

One of the primary goals of science is to develop a detailed picture of our environment that encompasses all of its properties. Recent advances in observational technologies have allowed scientists to make broader more accurate measurements of our environment while computers have allowed them to integrate these observations into a “Big Picture” that encompasses a … Read more

Seeing the invisible

Can we see the invisible?  Of course not because if we could it would not be invisible. However, one of the primary goals of science is to extend our knowledge of nature’s processes by “seeing” the invisible. For example, Isaac Newton showed the position of a planet could be predicted if one assumed that mass … Read more