BIOL 1201 Lecture : Lecture Notes August 20
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Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler. einstein. If you get a personal trainer, he tells you what to lift and how many times to lift the weights. He doesn"t lift them for you. wischusen (on his role as a professor) Assume that the future is like the past. If you"re not part of the solution, you"re part of the precipitate. steven wright. Results of scientific method yields three important terms: Hypothesis: explanation or prediction for something that has not been tested yet. Theory: hypothesis that has been tested and not disproven multiple times. Good model that is testable and still supported. Law: theory that has continued to be tested and supported. Compounds with similar properties can dissolve or dissolve within one another. Atom: smallest unit of matter separable by normal chemical means. Smallest unit of matter that retains all the properties of that element.
