Hubert Reeves explains what science is.

Hubert Reeves explains what science is.Science is trying to understand how things work using notions that, historically, are not derived from outside our world – notions that do not rely on belief or non-physical entities. It’s about staying within the physical world and correlating different events to understand why, for example, apples fall and the Moon turns around the Earth. It’s about trying to create a theory that allows you to understand what is going on, to predict what will happen (up to a certain point), and above all, to model. In other words, it’s about developing a mathematical understanding (science depends heavily mathematics) of what is happening… putting it into an equation to understand it and model it. In general, that sums it up: trying to understand how nature works without invoking supernatural forces.

ASTROLab/Mont-Mégantic National Park

© 2006 An original idea and a realization of ASTROLAB of the National park of the Mount-Mégantic