Web Links 11.8.98 - Two new chapters for you. As promised, I have posted some new chapters from my Principles of Planetary Biology book. They are my two chapters about science. The chapter on the Philosophy of Science gives a history of how science came about as a way of knowing. This chapter also describes what the philosophy of science is and what it isn't.
Science is very useful for answering certain questions and no help at all for others.
The term, 'science,' is just a name we give to the many diverse and powerful techniques that everybody uses to find stuff out. I have presented a new model so you can see how scientific investigations can progress from basic descriptive investigations to mighty and refined modeling experiments. I've just been busy. Sorry, for the lack of recent news here. Blame it on my classes at Fullerton College .