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Creative Listen Creativeness in sciences is evident for those who practice science, however, for those who do not, science appears to be either unflexible and acting according to some rules that can n

Lichtenberg and the electrophorus Listen Lichtenberg, who lived in the 18th century, was an outstanding naturalist, art critic, satirist, aphorist, and one of the creators of the German experimental p

The mechanical theory of heat and Rumford's contribution Listen Benjamin Thompson, Bavarian Minister of War, went into the workshop to supervise the production of new cannons. As you may notice, Benja

Prove Listen While science cannot "prove" its knowledge, its conclusions are still accepted and durable, Scientific knowledge can only be "proven" within the accepted reference frame, however, some of

Subjective Listen Science has a subjective aspect to it. Science and scientific research are normally considered to be objective, yet, there are also subjective aspects: Scientists decide what they ta

Laws and theories Listen While laws and theories in science are related, they are still distinct from each other. "One of the most resilient misconceptions about science is that laws are mature theori

Reference for the story-telling approach Listen Froese Klassen, C. (2013). "Stories" Created for Science Teaching: A Critical Analysis. In P. Heering, S. Klassen, & D.Metz, (Eds.).Flensburg Studies on

Chemia Listen ♦Analizując rezultaty eksperymentów fizycznych John Dalton zauważył, że uzyskał on zarówno odpowiedzi na dotychczasowe jak i nowe pytania dotyczące budowy materii. Rozważał on, że istnie

Biologia Listen ♦ Holenderski lekarz, Christiaan Eijkman próbuje wyleczyć ludzi z bardzo dziwnej choroby. Beri-beri znana była w holenderskich koloniach przez długi czas, ale badacze nie byli w stanie

Stories by topic Listen The stories can be accessed by predefined topics. In some instances, several stories go under the same topic (such as energy or atoms), in others, there is just one story (at t