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Science is the search for a verifiable body of knowledge via observation, experimentation and reasoning. A discipline is considered a science if its practitioners use the scientific method, in which one forms a testable hypothesis, collects data via observation or experimentation, and either refutes or does not refute the hypothesis. A hypothesis that has been tested under a wide variety of conditions, and which remains unrefuted, is called a 'theory.' Only if a theory can be proven to be true is it designated a 'law.' The burden of proof is significantly more rigorous than the burden of disproof. Hence, sciences typically contain many hypotheses, some theories, and very few (if any) laws.
Physical sciences such as physics, chemistry, and astronomy conduct inquiry into the physical universe. Life sciences such as biology conduct inquiry into life processes. Social sciences such as economics, psychology, anthropology, and political science conduct inquiry into human behaviour.
Big Science usually implies, and gets its "big-ness" from, these specific characteristics:
- big budgets: The project no longer has to rely on philanthropy or industry,
- big staffs: There are many science practitioners involved in the project,
- big machines: Extremely large machines are used in the research process (e.g. Ernest Lawrence's cyclotron at his Radiation Laboratory),
- big laboratories: The large volume of research taking place requires equally large facilities.
It has also been stated as involving five M's, which are: Men, Machines, Media, Money, and Military. ...More...
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