In the eighth century, a new Muslim kingdom was established by the Umayyad in Spain. Cordoba, the capital city of the kingdom, became the centre of intellectual life. In this flourishing time, Muslims were known for their love of knowledge and books. Then during the Abbasid era, House of Wisdom was ...
Brownian Motion In 1827, the English botanist Robert Brown noticed that pollen grains suspended in water jiggled about under the lens of the microscope, following a zigzag path such as the picture on page three. Brown had discovered what is now known as Browian motion or Browian movement. E...
Modern science is the practice of skepticism. Skepticism is defined as acritical attitude which systematically questions the notion that absolute knowledge and certainty are possible...in particular fields? (Skeptic's Dictionary), meaning that modern science is the understanding that current scientificknowledge? is never infallible and that methods and truths must constantly evolve. Someone who experiments and constantly questions norms is a modern scientist. ...
