ISCI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Scientific Literature, Scientific Method, Hydrogen Atom
14 Sep 2015
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The scientific method is not the entire story: Observation, question, hypothesis, prediction, test, results (traditional way for scientific process: scientific paper, peer review. Paper accepted, published in scientific journal, further research by scientific community. Based on repeatability (rather than one-off results: dickman brock university: *diagram in lecture slide* Factory has per unit to discharge toxic stuff/so much per week. Something about the way effluent was being discharged was killing plants. You can"t discharge anything into water that kills fish. So, info was given to ministry of environment: took company to court. Acceptable amount of discharge over week may not be acceptable over hr. Substance (matter: can"t be broken down into substances w/ other chemical properties. Atoms (smallest compounds of elements: structure. Inner (nucleus: most of the mass, combo of protons (p), + electric charge, neutrons (n), electric charge, protons & neutrons = same size. Outer structure: electrons (e) (small/little mass), - electric charge.
