EEB204H1 Lecture 1: EEB204.pdf
17 Feb 2015
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The cell is the smallest unit of life. Scienti c literacy is essential in the modern world: Use the process of scienti c inquiry to think about real-world issues. Occurs by use of scienti c method, which is: All events can be traced to natural causes. Natural laws apply to every time and space. People perceive natural events in similar ways. Empirical (data gained from observation or experiments), rational, testable, repeatable, and self-correcting. Thus a particularly effect approach to understanding the world. Steps of scienti c method: observation -> question -> hypothesis -> prediction -> experiment/observation -> conclusion. Believed to be one of the rst experiments published (with a controllable variable) Did experiments on the generation of insects. Observation: ies swarm around meat left in the open; maggots appear on the meal. Question: where do the maggots on the meat come from.
