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April 4 Class notes:
What is science and what separates is from other disciplines?
-Scientific Method (see text for more detail)
-Empirical data & Direct observation
-Start with a question
-Dynamic, changes with new information
-Process of testing
-Looking for “Natural Explanations”
-Materialistic, derived from the physical realm
-Seeks observable and reproducible proof
Biology Favorites from students:
Different cell types, the liver, the “original amoeba, the human body and its function, Genetics and DNA,
Diseases of the mind, Evolutionary histories, Biology vs. Theology, Individual – Environment
relationships, Design (impact?) on the biosphere, Human - animal contrast and similarity, Infectious
disease and responses, Medicine and medical technology, Brain injury and self mind control (e.g.
meditation), Closer look at organisms and life, Blood: what it can tell us and cell level technologies,
Muscle movement, nerves & neurons, Cell function and life, Migration, Spine and nerve interaction.