S C I E N T I F I C T H I N K I N G
Modern Science &
Everyday Life
Fall Term 2012-2013
Mission Statement
! Everyday we, as humans, partake in a myriad of activities that, often without realizing it, depend on science. It is through science, and scientific research based on the scientific method, that modern technology has been able to progress to the point that we experience today. The mission of this magazine is to present to the reader with examples of how science has affected technology that is a part of all our lives. Through diagrams, timelines and short articles our aim is to leave the reader with a greater appreciation for science’s role in modern society and culture as well as reenforcing the tenants of scientific research such as use of the scientific method in experimentation.
Samer MosisAhmed Moustafa DarwishEzzat Al KadiAhmed SakrAhmad Gaafar
New Technology in Traffic................................1Science and Medicine.....................................3Communication Technology...........................5Science, Technology and Filmmaking............7Modern Science and Energy...........................9
Edwin Smith Papyrus 1500 BCE
Did you know that the first written medical document discovered is from Ancient Egypt? The Edwin Smith Papyrus is a medical text written completely in hieroglyphics! It documents the ancient use of the scientific method in surgery- Examination, Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment!
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1676
Through his scientific experimentation with the microscope, observed and documented bacteria and microorganisms for the first time
Face Transplant 2012
This year in Turkey there was the first successful case of a full face transplant. A feet that would have never been reached without scientific advancement.
This timeline shows how far back science and medicine developed together!Discovery of Blood Types
1900Through scientific experimentation based on empirical observation, Karl Landsteiner
discovered the existence of different blood types. Knowledge that is now a cornerstone of medicine.
Artificial Pacemaker 1956
Years of experimentation lead to the invention of the first artificial pacemaker. A device that mechanically regulates the muscles of the heart with electronic pulses.
DNA Profiling 1984
Ever watch CSI? Well those DNA tests they use to catch the criminal are based in Science. Scientist Sir Alec Jeffery revolutionized modern medicine and criminology in one step with his discovery of individual DNA patterns.
Science and Medicine in Everyday Life
! Did you know that every time you go to the doctor you are benefiting from science! Modern medicine is based of off a rich history of scientific development. For example when the doctor takes your blood pressure he uses a sphygmomanometer. Now thats just a big scientific word from blood pressure meter. That meter would have never been invented if it wasn’t for the scientific understanding of the element mercury and, as you guessed, that scientific understanding depends on the scientific process! ! Virtually all your medical treatments find there roots in scientific research. There are many ways that science and medicine affect everyone’s daily life that often go unacknowledged. One of these would be the eradication of certain disease through the use of vaccine. Today deadly diseases such as smallpox and rinderpest are virtually no longer in existence due to vaccines that were created, tested and put into use through the scientific method. Efforts to eradicate deadly disease is an ongoing battle that will continue to affect all of our lives.
Science & Medicine
Medicine is a part of all of our everyday lives but did you know that without Science we would have never even had medicine?
S E Q U O I A C L U B
The scientific method is the basis upon which research science is built. It is through this method that scientists are able to build experiments that are based on recorded observations and previously tested theories. To the left is a diagram explaining the flow of the scientific method.
Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of
knowledge. - Carl Sagan
Science is facts; just as houses are made of stone, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house,
and a collection of facts is not necessarily science.
-Jules Henri Poincaré
Science is simply common sense at its best that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic. -Thomas Henry Huxley
In essence, science is a perpetual search for an
intelligent and integrated
comprehension of the world we live in.
-Cornelius Bernardus
Men love to wonder, and !at "
!e seed of scienc#
-Raplh Waldo Emerson
The Scientific Method
There exist many forms of energy- both renewable as well as non- renewable. This diagram will give you an idea of the amount of each form of energy
MODERN SCIENCE & ENERGY
A LITTLE HISTORY LESSON: ENERGY! Before plunging directly into the topic, it is necessary to know the history of energy as observed many years ago. At the beginning, people relied primarily on muscles. Things were used to be transferred from one place to another on their backs or using domesticated animals such as horses, donkeys, camels, and many others. Also farming tools, such as water mills, were used by farmers attaching a cow to a big gear and making it move forward to rotate it and provide the farm with water supply. Simultaneously, water and wind movements were used to force up turbine and make them rotate.The angular motion was used after the development of the crankshaft and
camshaft to development more complicated equipment crucial for industrial use. When the power of steam was discovered by Thomas Savery and Thomas Newcomen, industrial powering method changed to use the steam power as one source to get rid of the less power supplied by water movement. It produces a significantly higher power supply more
than water power, and it, accordingly, came to become more industrially useful. Around the 1800’s, fossil fuels was discovered, especially coal, as steam needed faster heat production for faster production. Since then the combustion idea has been developed further the to point where it has become part of many technologies used daily throughout society.
Energy is an essential aspect of everyone’s daily life. It is hard to consider life without energy because and as claimed by many people, life would not have existed without energy. Energy, in all forms, is also a major aspect of science. Here we will take a look at how energy and science come together to affect our daily lives. ITS TIME TO LEARN!!
Renewable energy does not pose a problem as it can be generated continuously and easily, like electricity. On the other hand, using non-renewable energy, which is most commonly presented as fossil fuels, concerns people due to the fact that it is dwindling. Energy, found inside surfaces of earth is an example of nonrenewable energy facing such a dilemma.
Some Interesting Facts About Energy!1. An annual $150 can be save in energy through new economic-technological
systems of coolers, like refrigerators, that can turn off and on automatically are used in your absence.
2. 21 cents worth of energy is consumed by computers if they are left “On” for the whole day.
3. Energy used by an air conditioner at 78 degrees fahrenheit can save you from 6 to 18% of the energy used when it as at 72 degrees fahrenheit.
4. The lighting system in your house uses only 10 – 15% of the total energy consumed. The rest simply turns to heat.
5. Using Fluorescent bulbs will save about 75% of the total energy used by incandescent bulbs, Since the normal use of energy in lighting with the incandescent bulb is about 10% of the total energy consumed. Energy consumed will decrease to reach only 2.5%.
6. Using intelligent machines like computers and TV’s in warm places can consume more energy than normal because the uses of cooling systems become urgent.
7. Fuel consumption is directly proportional to the speed of the car. You can drive for a 30% bigger distance when car moves 55 mph instead of driving
MODERN SCIENCE & ENERGY
It is widely accept that oil is the most powerful energy source in use in the 20th century. It is mainly used to move large masses like car, vans and trucks. Also, many electricity providers use oil in the form of fossil fuels to generate electricity. However, the world is facing a fossil fuel shortage problem. Remarkable efforts have been modified to find new ways to provide sources renewable energy. Scientists have begun to use bio-‐fuel from natural crops, like extracting ethanol from corn oil. Another source of natural energy is the alcohol. It is known that alcoholic solutions are highly combustible. These two materials solutions are increasingly becoming more expensive. Due to this people have begun to research other energy sources to supply the power needed for living. It is here that we see science coming into modern day energy use. It is through scientific research, that depends on the scientific process, that new forms of renewable energy will be discovered and made feasible for everyday mass use.
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