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- 1. Multiple Choice
Question 1. Some of the most profound statements on the nature of science have come from Albert Einstein, one of the greatest scientist of all time. What do you think did Einstein mean when he said “The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.’’ What is the first statment of the audio clip?
The whole of the physical world around us is very complex in nature because of the occurrence of millions of phenomena.
The biological world has its own complexities. So the world seems incomprehensible i.e. as if it cannot be understood.
Moreover, we come across wide ranges of mass, length and time which surprisingly be understood and expressed in terms of few basic laws.
In other words, the complex nature of the physical world from atomic to astronomical ranges can be understood in terms of a few basic concepts, so the physical world becomes comprehensible.
When viewed in this context, Einstein’s admiration becomes very clear.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Question 1. Some of the most profound statements on the nature of science have come from Albert Einstein, one of the greatest scientist of all time. What do you think did Einstein mean when he said “The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.’’ What is the second statment of the audio clip?
Not only the motion of planets and satellite can be understood on the basis of Newton’s laws of gravitation, but these laws are applicable throughout the universe.
The biological world has its own complexities. So the world seems incomprehensible i.e. as if it cannot be understood.
Moreover, we come across wide ranges of mass, length and time which surprisingly be understood and expressed in terms of few basic laws.
In other words, the complex nature of the physical world from atomic to astronomical ranges can be understood in terms of a few basic concepts, so the physical world becomes comprehensible.
When viewed in this context, Einstein’s admiration becomes very clear.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Question 1. Some of the most profound statements on the nature of science have come from Albert Einstein, one of the greatest scientist of all time. What do you think did Einstein mean when he said “The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.’’ What is the third statment of the audio clip?
Not only the motion of planets and satellite can be understood on the basis of Newton’s laws of gravitation, but these laws are applicable throughout the universe.
The biological world has its own complexities. So the world seems incomprehensible i.e. as if it cannot be understood.
Moreover, we come across wide ranges of mass, length and time which surprisingly be understood and expressed in terms of few basic laws.
In other words, the complex nature of the physical world from atomic to astronomical ranges can be understood in terms of a few basic concepts, so the physical world becomes comprehensible.
When viewed in this context, Einstein’s admiration becomes very clear.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Question 1. Some of the most profound statements on the nature of science have come from Albert Einstein, one of the greatest scientist of all time. What do you think did Einstein mean when he said “The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.’’ What is the fourth statment of the audio clip?
Not only the motion of planets and satellite can be understood on the basis of Newton’s laws of gravitation, but these laws are applicable throughout the universe.
The biological world has its own complexities. So the world seems incomprehensible i.e. as if it cannot be understood.
Moreover, we come across wide ranges of mass, length and time which surprisingly be understood and expressed in terms of few basic laws.
In other words, the complex nature of the physical world from atomic to astronomical ranges can be understood in terms of a few basic concepts, so the physical world becomes comprehensible.
When viewed in this context, Einstein’s admiration becomes very clear.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Question 1. Some of the most profound statements on the nature of science have come from Albert Einstein, one of the greatest scientist of all time. What do you think did Einstein mean when he said “The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.’’ What is the fifth statment of the audio clip?
Not only the motion of planets and satellite can be understood on the basis of Newton’s laws of gravitation, but these laws are applicable throughout the universe.
The biological world has its own complexities. So the world seems incomprehensible i.e. as if it cannot be understood.
Moreover, we come across wide ranges of mass, length and time which surprisingly be understood and expressed in terms of few basic laws.
In other words, the complex nature of the physical world from atomic to astronomical ranges can be understood in terms of a few basic concepts, so the physical world becomes comprehensible.
When viewed in this context, Einstein’s admiration becomes very clear.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Question 1. Some of the most profound statements on the nature of science have come from Albert Einstein, one of the greatest scientist of all time. What do you think did Einstein mean when he said “The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.’’ What is the sixth statment of the audio clip?
Not only the motion of planets and satellite can be understood on the basis of Newton’s laws of gravitation, but these laws are applicable throughout the universe.
The biological world has its own complexities. So the world seems incomprehensible i.e. as if it cannot be understood.
Moreover, we come across wide ranges of mass, length and time which surprisingly be understood and expressed in terms of few basic laws.
In other words, the complex nature of the physical world from atomic to astronomical ranges can be understood in terms of a few basic concepts, so the physical world becomes comprehensible.
When viewed in this context, Einstein’s admiration becomes very clear.
- 7. Multiple Choice
“Every great physical theory starts as a heresy and ends as a dogma”. Give some examples from the history of science of the validity of this incisive remark? What is the first statement of the audio clip?
Dogma is an established opinion which is questioned by only a few. It is an authoritative belief.
But heresy is anything against the established belief and theory which causes a few ripples in the mind of the intelligent i.e. heresy is an option contrary to the conventional belief.
It is true that every great physical theory starts as a heresy and ends as a dogma.
For example:
1. Thomas Young’s wave theory of light started as a heresy and finally ended as “dogma’ when Einstein and other replaced it by quantum theory of light.
In ancient times, Ptolemy postulated that earth is stationary and all the heavenly bodies like sun, stars, planets etc. revolve around it.
- 8. Multiple Choice
“Every great physical theory starts as a heresy and ends as a dogma”. Give some examples from the history of science of the validity of this incisive remark? What is the second statement of the audio clip?
Later, an Italian scientist Galileo postulated that sun is stationary and earth alongwith other planets is revolving around the sun.
But heresy is anything against the established belief and theory which causes a few ripples in the mind of the intelligent i.e. heresy is an option contrary to the conventional belief.
It is true that every great physical theory starts as a heresy and ends as a dogma.
For example:
1. Thomas Young’s wave theory of light started as a heresy and finally ended as “dogma’ when Einstein and other replaced it by quantum theory of light.
In ancient times, Ptolemy postulated that earth is stationary and all the heavenly bodies like sun, stars, planets etc. revolve around it.
- 9. Multiple Choice
“Every great physical theory starts as a heresy and ends as a dogma”. Give some examples from the history of science of the validity of this incisive remark? What is the third statement of the audio clip?
Later, an Italian scientist Galileo postulated that sun is stationary and earth alongwith other planets is revolving around the sun.
Galileo was punished by the then authorities for spreading wrong concepts. But later on Newton and Kepler supported Galileo’s theory and now it is a dogma.
It is true that every great physical theory starts as a heresy and ends as a dogma.
For example:
1. Thomas Young’s wave theory of light started as a heresy and finally ended as “dogma’ when Einstein and other replaced it by quantum theory of light.
In ancient times, Ptolemy postulated that earth is stationary and all the heavenly bodies like sun, stars, planets etc. revolve around it.
- 10. Multiple Choice
“Every great physical theory starts as a heresy and ends as a dogma”. Give some examples from the history of science of the validity of this incisive remark? What is the fourth statement of the audio clip?
Later, an Italian scientist Galileo postulated that sun is stationary and earth alongwith other planets is revolving around the sun.
Galileo was punished by the then authorities for spreading wrong concepts. But later on Newton and Kepler supported Galileo’s theory and now it is a dogma.
There was an heresy that inertia of a body depends upon its energy.
For example:
1. Thomas Young’s wave theory of light started as a heresy and finally ended as “dogma’ when Einstein and other replaced it by quantum theory of light.
In ancient times, Ptolemy postulated that earth is stationary and all the heavenly bodies like sun, stars, planets etc. revolve around it.
- 11. Multiple Choice
“Every great physical theory starts as a heresy and ends as a dogma”. Give some examples from the history of science of the validity of this incisive remark? What is the fifth statement of the audio clip?
Later, an Italian scientist Galileo postulated that sun is stationary and earth alongwith other planets is revolving around the sun.
Galileo was punished by the then authorities for spreading wrong concepts. But later on Newton and Kepler supported Galileo’s theory and now it is a dogma.
There was an heresy that inertia of a body depends upon its energy.
Einstein put forth a single equation relating mass and energy which is called as mass-energy equivalence relation(E = mc2) and this is a dogma in Physics.
In ancient times, Ptolemy postulated that earth is stationary and all the heavenly bodies like sun, stars, planets etc. revolve around it.
- 12. Multiple Choice
“Every great physical theory starts as a heresy and ends as a dogma”. Give some examples from the history of science of the validity of this incisive remark? What is the sixth statement of the audio clip?
Later, an Italian scientist Galileo postulated that sun is stationary and earth alongwith other planets is revolving around the sun.
Galileo was punished by the then authorities for spreading wrong concepts. But later on Newton and Kepler supported Galileo’s theory and now it is a dogma.
There was an heresy that inertia of a body depends upon its energy.
Einstein put forth a single equation relating mass and energy which is called as mass-energy equivalence relation(E = mc2) and this is a dogma in Physics.
In ancient times, Ptolemy postulated that earth is stationary and all the heavenly bodies like sun, stars, planets etc. revolve around it.
- 13. Multiple Choice
“Every great physical theory starts as a heresy and ends as a dogma”. Give some examples from the history of science of the validity of this incisive remark? What is the seventh statement of the audio clip?
Later, an Italian scientist Galileo postulated that sun is stationary and earth alongwith other planets is revolving around the sun.
Galileo was punished by the then authorities for spreading wrong concepts. But later on Newton and Kepler supported Galileo’s theory and now it is a dogma.
There was an heresy that inertia of a body depends upon its energy.
Einstein put forth a single equation relating mass and energy which is called as mass-energy equivalence relation(E = mc2) and this is a dogma in Physics.
In ancient times, Ptolemy postulated that earth is stationary and all the heavenly bodies like sun, stars, planets etc. revolve around it.
- 14. Multiple Choice
“Every great physical theory starts as a heresy and ends as a dogma”. Give some examples from the history of science of the validity of this incisive remark? What is the eighth statement of the audio clip?
Later, an Italian scientist Galileo postulated that sun is stationary and earth alongwith other planets is revolving around the sun.
Galileo was punished by the then authorities for spreading wrong concepts. But later on Newton and Kepler supported Galileo’s theory and now it is a dogma.
There was an heresy that inertia of a body depends upon its energy.
Einstein put forth a single equation relating mass and energy which is called as mass-energy equivalence relation(E = mc2) and this is a dogma in Physics.
In ancient times, Ptolemy postulated that earth is stationary and all the heavenly bodies like sun, stars, planets etc. revolve around it.
- 15. Multiple Choice
“Every great physical theory starts as a heresy and ends as a dogma”. Give some examples from the history of science of the validity of this incisive remark? What is the ninth statement of the audio clip?
Later, an Italian scientist Galileo postulated that sun is stationary and earth alongwith other planets is revolving around the sun.
Galileo was punished by the then authorities for spreading wrong concepts. But later on Newton and Kepler supported Galileo’s theory and now it is a dogma.
There was an heresy that inertia of a body depends upon its energy.
Einstein put forth a single equation relating mass and energy which is called as mass-energy equivalence relation(E = mc2) and this is a dogma in Physics.
In ancient times, Ptolemy postulated that earth is stationary and all the heavenly bodies like sun, stars, planets etc. revolve around it.
- 16. Multiple Choice
“Politics is the art of possible”. Similarly, “Science is the art of soluble.” Explain this beautiful aphorism on the nature and practice of science? What is the first statement of the audio clip?
Nothing is impossible in politics and the politics is the art of possible.
It is a well known fact that to win over votes, politicians make anything and everything possible even when they are least sure of the same.
In politics, ministry may change overnight, but in science universal laws do not change overnight. Science is a systematised study of observations.
A scientist patiently analyses these observations and comes out with certain laws.
e.g. Tycho Brahe worked for twenty long years to make observations on planetary motions.
- 17. Multiple Choice
“Politics is the art of possible”. Similarly, “Science is the art of soluble.” Explain this beautiful aphorism on the nature and practice of science? What is the second statement of the audio clip?
J.Kepler formulated his three famous laws of planetary motion from this huge reservoir of observations.
It is a well known fact that to win over votes, politicians make anything and everything possible even when they are least sure of the same.
In politics, ministry may change overnight, but in science universal laws do not change overnight. Science is a systematised study of observations.
A scientist patiently analyses these observations and comes out with certain laws.
e.g. Tycho Brahe worked for twenty long years to make observations on planetary motions.
- 18. Multiple Choice
“Politics is the art of possible”. Similarly, “Science is the art of soluble.” Explain this beautiful aphorism on the nature and practice of science? What is the third statement of the audio clip?
J.Kepler formulated his three famous laws of planetary motion from this huge reservoir of observations.
Thus the statement that science is the art of the soluble means that a wide variety of physical processes are understood in terms of only a few basic concepts
In politics, ministry may change overnight, but in science universal laws do not change overnight. Science is a systematised study of observations.
A scientist patiently analyses these observations and comes out with certain laws.
e.g. Tycho Brahe worked for twenty long years to make observations on planetary motions.
- 19. Multiple Choice
“Politics is the art of possible”. Similarly, “Science is the art of soluble.” Explain this beautiful aphorism on the nature and practice of science? What is the fourth statement of the audio clip?
J.Kepler formulated his three famous laws of planetary motion from this huge reservoir of observations.
Thus the statement that science is the art of the soluble means that a wide variety of physical processes are understood in terms of only a few basic concepts
i.e. there appears to be unity in diversity as if widely different phenomena are soluble and can be explained in terms of only a few fundamental laws.
A scientist patiently analyses these observations and comes out with certain laws.
e.g. Tycho Brahe worked for twenty long years to make observations on planetary motions.
- 20. Multiple Choice
“Politics is the art of possible”. Similarly, “Science is the art of soluble.” Explain this beautiful aphorism on the nature and practice of science? What is the fifth statement of the audio clip?
J.Kepler formulated his three famous laws of planetary motion from this huge reservoir of observations.
Thus the statement that science is the art of the soluble means that a wide variety of physical processes are understood in terms of only a few basic concepts
i.e. there appears to be unity in diversity as if widely different phenomena are soluble and can be explained in terms of only a few fundamental laws.
Newton’s laws of gravitation are applicable throughout the universe.
e.g. Tycho Brahe worked for twenty long years to make observations on planetary motions.
- 21. Multiple Choice
“Politics is the art of possible”. Similarly, “Science is the art of soluble.” Explain this beautiful aphorism on the nature and practice of science? What is the sixth statement of the audio clip?
J.Kepler formulated his three famous laws of planetary motion from this huge reservoir of observations.
Thus the statement that science is the art of the soluble means that a wide variety of physical processes are understood in terms of only a few basic concepts
i.e. there appears to be unity in diversity as if widely different phenomena are soluble and can be explained in terms of only a few fundamental laws.
Newton’s laws of gravitation are applicable throughout the universe.
They are same for two small bodies as well as for the solar system.
- 22. Multiple Choice
“Politics is the art of possible”. Similarly, “Science is the art of soluble.” Explain this beautiful aphorism on the nature and practice of science? What is the seventh statement of the audio clip?
Whole of the universe can be dissolved into certain laws i.e. we can study the universe on the basis of a few laws.
Thus the statement that science is the art of the soluble means that a wide variety of physical processes are understood in terms of only a few basic concepts
i.e. there appears to be unity in diversity as if widely different phenomena are soluble and can be explained in terms of only a few fundamental laws.
Newton’s laws of gravitation are applicable throughout the universe.
They are same for two small bodies as well as for the solar system.
- 23. Multiple Choice
“Politics is the art of possible”. Similarly, “Science is the art of soluble.” Explain this beautiful aphorism on the nature and practice of science? What is the eighth statement of the audio clip?
Whole of the universe can be dissolved into certain laws i.e. we can study the universe on the basis of a few laws.
Thus the statement that science is the art of the soluble means that a wide variety of physical processes are understood in terms of only a few basic concepts
i.e. there appears to be unity in diversity as if widely different phenomena are soluble and can be explained in terms of only a few fundamental laws.
Newton’s laws of gravitation are applicable throughout the universe.
They are same for two small bodies as well as for the solar system.
- 24. Multiple Choice
“Politics is the art of possible”. Similarly, “Science is the art of soluble.” Explain this beautiful aphorism on the nature and practice of science? What is the ninth statement of the audio clip?
Whole of the universe can be dissolved into certain laws i.e. we can study the universe on the basis of a few laws.
Thus the statement that science is the art of the soluble means that a wide variety of physical processes are understood in terms of only a few basic concepts
i.e. there appears to be unity in diversity as if widely different phenomena are soluble and can be explained in terms of only a few fundamental laws.
Newton’s laws of gravitation are applicable throughout the universe.
They are same for two small bodies as well as for the solar system.
- 25. Multiple Choice
“Politics is the art of possible”. Similarly, “Science is the art of soluble.” Explain this beautiful aphorism on the nature and practice of science? What is the tenth statement of the audio clip?
Whole of the universe can be dissolved into certain laws i.e. we can study the universe on the basis of a few laws.
Thus the statement that science is the art of the soluble means that a wide variety of physical processes are understood in terms of only a few basic concepts
i.e. there appears to be unity in diversity as if widely different phenomena are soluble and can be explained in terms of only a few fundamental laws.
Newton’s laws of gravitation are applicable throughout the universe.
They are same for two small bodies as well as for the solar system.
- 26. Multiple Choice
“Politics is the art of possible”. Similarly, “Science is the art of soluble.” Explain this beautiful aphorism on the nature and practice of science? What is the eleventh statement of the audio clip?
Whole of the universe can be dissolved into certain laws i.e. we can study the universe on the basis of a few laws.
Thus the statement that science is the art of the soluble means that a wide variety of physical processes are understood in terms of only a few basic concepts
i.e. there appears to be unity in diversity as if widely different phenomena are soluble and can be explained in terms of only a few fundamental laws.
Newton’s laws of gravitation are applicable throughout the universe.
They are same for two small bodies as well as for the solar system.
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