But by night the stars, planets, and Moon have provided guidance, protection, and prediction that the Sun would return in the morning. Though not in an astrological sense, our daily and nightly lives today are still controlled by the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars. The following Internet link may help you better understand the origins and development of our modern ideas about the cosmos. Notes and Review Questions for Lectures 5,6, and 7. A lot of people have a mistaken impression of science.
Most people think of science as a noun.
Real science is not something you passively read about in books, magazines, and newspapers, or see on a television or computer screen, although that is a part of science. The essence of science is a sensual activity that is sometimes just plain noisy and messy. Instead, science is the process that scientists use to collect and interpret the information and data that forms the soul of science. We humans are designed to DO science. We are naturally curious and we live to question, explore, discover, and explain.