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18 relations: Arago spot, Charles Lafontaine, Experiment, Falsifiability, History of science policy, History of scientific method, Hypothesis, Index of philosophy articles (A–C), Ingo Nussbaumer, James Braid (surgeon), List of Latin phrases (E), Nuclear data, Opticks, Remarks on Colour, Science policy, Scientific method, Strong inference, Theory of Colours.
Arago spot
In optics, the Arago spot, Poisson spot, or Fresnel bright spot, is a bright point that appears at the center of a circular object's shadow due to Fresnel diffraction.
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Charles Lafontaine
Charles Léonard Lafontaine (27 March 1803 – 13 August 1892) was a celebrated French "public magnetic demonstrator", who also "had an interest in animal magnetism as an agent for curing or alleviating illnesses".
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Experiment
An experiment is a procedure carried out to support, refute, or validate a hypothesis.
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Falsifiability
A statement, hypothesis, or theory has falsifiability (or is falsifiable) if it can logically be proven false by contradicting it with a basic statement.
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History of science policy
Through history, the systems of economic support for scientists and their work have been important determinants of the character and pace of scientific research.
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History of scientific method
The history of scientific method considers changes in the methodology of scientific inquiry, as distinct from the history of science itself.
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Hypothesis
A hypothesis (plural hypotheses) is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon.
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Index of philosophy articles (A–C)
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Ingo Nussbaumer
Ingo Nussbaumer (* born 1 January 1956 in Leibnitz) is an Austrian artist and researcher.
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James Braid (surgeon)
James Braid (19 June 1795 – 25 March 1860) was a Scottish surgeon and "gentleman scientist".
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List of Latin phrases (E)
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Nuclear data
Nuclear data represents measured (or evaluated) probabilities of various physical interactions involving the nuclei of atoms.
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Opticks
Opticks: or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light is a book by English natural philosopher Isaac Newton that was published in English in 1704.
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Remarks on Colour
Remarks on Colour (Bemerkungen über die Farben) was one of Ludwig Wittgenstein's last works, written during a visit to Vienna in 1950 while dying of cancer.
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Science policy
Science policy is concerned with the allocation of resources for the conduct of science towards the goal of best serving the public interest.
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Scientific method
Scientific method is an empirical method of knowledge acquisition, which has characterized the development of natural science since at least the 17th century, involving careful observation, which includes rigorous skepticism about what one observes, given that cognitive assumptions about how the world works influence how one interprets a percept; formulating hypotheses, via induction, based on such observations; experimental testing and measurement of deductions drawn from the hypotheses; and refinement (or elimination) of the hypotheses based on the experimental findings.
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Strong inference
In philosophy of science, strong inference is a model of scientific inquiry that emphasizes the need for alternative hypotheses, rather than a single hypothesis to avoid confirmation bias.
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Theory of Colours
Theory of Colours (German: Zur Farbenlehre) is a book by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe about the poet's views on the nature of colours and how these are perceived by humans.
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