Science is a human endeavor.
Men and women of diverse backgrounds have engaged in science inquiry through the centuries. Studying some of these individuals provides further understanding of scientific inquiry, science as a human endeavor, the nature of science, and the relationship between science and society. Tracing the history of science can show how difficult it was for scientific innovators to break through the accepted ideas of their time to reach conclusions that we currently take for granted. The assignment will be in two parts. We will discuss the assignment further in class.