Sometimes discoveries are made accidentally by a scientist working on a completely different problem. Regardless of how scientific knowledge is obtained it does not become generally accepted until society agrees to accept it. Recall Galileo and the problems he had with the Roman Catholic Church. Think of the modern controversy between biologists and theologians over Darwin's Theory of Evolution. Currently cloning has taken center stage.
Science is done from within a social frame work.
What scientists work on is influenced by social events such as wars, plages, politics, etc. Learning about science does not always involve learning about scientific discoveries. Sometimes it means learning about scientist themselves. During this lab you will try to find to the discoveries of three scientist who were, or are currently, working on problems of the Solar System. You will attempt to draw threads between them to see if they influenced each other in some manner.