General Knowledge: Science

General courses on Science

Science is a powerful tool for understanding the world and the universe around us. It has been used to explain phenomena and develop technology that has changed the course of human history. From advances in medicine to the invention of the internet, science has been instrumental in helping us understand and manipulate our environment. But what exactly is science?

News/Politics

• Shale gas: advantages and dangers, the summary
  Why is there so much talk about shale gas? Praised by ...

Philosophy

• François Rabelais – “Science without conscience” (explanations)
  ” Science without conscience is the ruin of the soul “François ...
• What does “demonstrate” mean?
  The word demonstrate has a long history, and was already used ...
• Definitions of Science
  The notion of “science” in the feminine singular is, by its ...
• Aristotle – No scientific knowledge through perception
  In the Second Analytics (4th century BC), grouped in the the ...
• Desproges – Scientific rigor
  If you are interested in science, you will be interested in ...
• Is philosophy compatible with science?
  One of the recurrent questions of philosophy is its Relation with ...
• Science Sheet
  This fact sheet will provide you with some insights into Science, ...
• The virtual image, progress of science? (Sciences Po 2013)
  What about new technologies such as television? This progress of science, ...
• Use of spider silk by man
  One of the greatest challenges of science is to provide solutions ...
• Shapes and mathematics in nature
  “How is it possible that mathematics, which is nevertheless a product ...

Sociology

• Tocqueville – Analysis of the link between democracy and the study of science
  Alexis de Tocqueville in the second volume of Democracy in America ...
• Science and sociology
  Is sociology a science? What are the problems of this presumed ...

Method

• The method for the Sciences Po exams
  How to prepare for the exam: Compilation du concours commun How to be ...
• 4 months to study for Sciences Po, mission impossible?
  How do you catch up on a year’s worth of curriculum ...

Academia

• Correction: Is science limited to stating the facts?
  Is science limited to stating facts? This was one of the ...
• Correction to the regional Sciences Po exam questions 2013
  Here is one of the suggested correction for the Subjects Sciences Po 2013 ...

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