And what do the other scientists think about what science is?
John Boswell, a musician, Ann Druyan, an author and producer, Carl Sagan, a famous astronomer, and Steven Soter, an astrophysicist, have started making a project which aims to tell the young generation about biological, chemical, physical and other phenomena using electronic music.
Let’s listen to the song and find out whether our point of view on science differs from that of famous scientists.
- Which of these definitions do you find the most amazing?
Lyrics to The Poetry of Realty (An Anthem for Science):
[Michael Shermer]
Science is the best tool (інструмент) ever devised (винайдений)
For understanding how the world works.
[Jacob Bronowski]
Science is a very human form of knowledge
We are always at the brink (на краю, на межі) of the known.
[Carl Sagan]
Science is a collaborative [kәlæbә΄reitiv] (співробітницьке) enterprise (підприємство)
Spanning (охоплює) the generations.
We remember those who prepared the way
Seeing for them also.
[Neil deGrasse Tyson]
If you're scientifically literate [΄litrit] (грамотний),
The world looks very different to you
And that understanding empowers (дає можливість)you.
Refrain:
[Richard Dawkins]
There's real poetry in the real world
Science is the poetry of reality.
[Sagan]
We can do science
And with it, we can improve our lives.
[Jill Tarter]
The story of humans is the story of ideas
That shine light into dark corners.
[Lawrence Krauss]
Scientists love mysteries (таємниці)
They love not knowing.
[Richard Feynman]
I don't feel frightened by not knowing things
I think it's much more interesting.
[Brian Greene]
There's a larger universal reality
of which we are all a part.
[Stephen Hawking]
The further we probe (розслідувати) into the universe (всесвіт)
The more remarkable (знаменитий) are the discoveries we make.
[Carolyn Porco]
The quest (пошуки) for the truth, in and of itself,
Is a story that's filled with insights (інтуїція).
(Refrain)
[Greene]
From our lonely point in the cosmos
We have through the power of thought
Been able to peer back (рівнятися) to a brief moment
After the beginning of the universe.
[PZ Myers]
I think that science changes the way your mind works
To think a little more deeply about things.
[Dawkins]
Science replaces private prejudice [ ΄pred3әdis ] (забобон)
With publicly verifiable (перевірена) evidence ( очевидність ).
