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

• Science according to Galileo
  Throughout his life, Galileo developed a reflection on science that is ...
• Science categories
  The sciences are sometimes classified into three categories, three main scientific ...
• The promises of science – Friedrich Nietzsche
  In 1882, Friedrich Nietzsche’s The Gay Science was published. In this work ...
• Difference between science and technology
  What are the differences between these two concepts that are on ...
• Pythagoras and Euclid the founders of demonstration
  Pythagoras (560 – 480 BC) founded a school organized as a sect. He ...
• Science according to Origen
  Origen in his homily on numbers declares (original language Greek, language ...
• 5 crucial theses of Karl Popper on science
  Karl Popper (1902–1994) is a philosopher and scientist of the contemporary ...
• 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 ...

Sociology

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

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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