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How is new science discovered?

These activities piece together the process of scientific discovery by examining famous discoveries in the past. We ask whether discovery can be separated from processes of justification. Corresponding Student Handbook page: Experiment and observation , Explanation in the Natural Sciences Aim: To understand the diverse ways in which discovery happens in the natural sciences; for example, chance or serendipity often...


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