Happy Tuesday, and welcome back to Science Solutions! Our blog assignment for today is to explain what we think the greatest scientific discovery in history was and why. Today is a four-day week as we had last week and yesterday off for spring/Easter vacation and Cesar Chavez day.
In my opinion, the greatest scientific discovery was probably Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Even though there were important discoveries that came before it, I feel like it was fundamentally important because it provided a basis and prelude for anthropologic and historical studies. Knowing where we came from is a big element of history, and when we added science to it, more and more historical knowledge became more clear and sensical. I believe in evolution since so many things around us fit into the theory and tell us that it makes sense.
Darwin's discovery set in motion a timeline of the Earth that most people use today. If it weren't for his hard work and studying, modern geology and biology wouldn't make any sense or would be unbeknownst to people. Our psychological behavior would be more covered up and would make much less sense for anyone. Even the bodily systems and the study of anatomy fit in with Darwin's theory. So do the discoveries of other scientists in the fields of natural selection and genetic mutations. Past discoveries like the Big Bang theory also compliment Darwin's work. Together they provide a base that we can add more scientific learnings as well as human history and communications on. That's why we study them and all of the big scientific discoveries.
This is not to say that Darwin's theory could stand on its own. We know more about the theory now than Charles Darwin did at his time. We can prove it to be more true than we previously thought by using the works of other scientists like those who discovered the secret of DNA or mutations. There are fundamental things that we need to know before others and use in our studies and discoveries in order to make our knowledge layered and concise. Scientific knowledge as we know it is rather like a patchwork, and without one significant discovery, it would all make less or little sense. I don't think that there is ever enough to know and we should keep using discoveries from the past to enrich our scientific learning of the world around us.
In my opinion, the greatest scientific discovery was probably Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Even though there were important discoveries that came before it, I feel like it was fundamentally important because it provided a basis and prelude for anthropologic and historical studies. Knowing where we came from is a big element of history, and when we added science to it, more and more historical knowledge became more clear and sensical. I believe in evolution since so many things around us fit into the theory and tell us that it makes sense.
Darwin's discovery set in motion a timeline of the Earth that most people use today. If it weren't for his hard work and studying, modern geology and biology wouldn't make any sense or would be unbeknownst to people. Our psychological behavior would be more covered up and would make much less sense for anyone. Even the bodily systems and the study of anatomy fit in with Darwin's theory. So do the discoveries of other scientists in the fields of natural selection and genetic mutations. Past discoveries like the Big Bang theory also compliment Darwin's work. Together they provide a base that we can add more scientific learnings as well as human history and communications on. That's why we study them and all of the big scientific discoveries.
This is not to say that Darwin's theory could stand on its own. We know more about the theory now than Charles Darwin did at his time. We can prove it to be more true than we previously thought by using the works of other scientists like those who discovered the secret of DNA or mutations. There are fundamental things that we need to know before others and use in our studies and discoveries in order to make our knowledge layered and concise. Scientific knowledge as we know it is rather like a patchwork, and without one significant discovery, it would all make less or little sense. I don't think that there is ever enough to know and we should keep using discoveries from the past to enrich our scientific learning of the world around us.
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