CHEM 135 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1.3-1.4: Ampere, Nicolaus Copernicus, Kilogram
12 Aug 2016
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1. 3- the scientific approach to knowledge: scientific approach involves empirical data, observation, and experiment, hypothesis. Should be falsifiable (can be confirmed or refuted through observations) Highly controlled procedures to prove or refute a hypothesis: scientific laws/ principles. Brief statement that summarizes past observations and predicts future ones. May be developed through a series of similar observations. Model for why natures behaves the way it does. The more the experimental support the more powerful the scientific knowledge is: measurement. 1. 4- early ideas and the building blocks of matter: leucippus and democritus. Matter is composed of tiny, indestructible particles called atoms. They come in different shapes and sizes. Move randomly through empty space: plato and aristotle. Substances were composed of different proportions of fire, air, earth, and water: nicholas copernicus. On the revolution of the heavenly orbs (1543) Proposed that the sun was the center of the universe.
