There once was a number named pi
Who frequently liked to get high.
All he did every day
Was sit in his room and play
With his imaginary friend named i. There once was a number named e
Who took way too much LSD.
She thought she was great.
But that fact we must debate;
We know she wasn’t greater than 3.
There once was a log named Lynn
Whose life was devoted to sin.
She came from a tree
Whose base was shaped like an e.
She’s the most natural log I’ve seen.
“For positive a, b and c,”
Remarked Fermat, “Raise each to the d.
Then no two of the herd
Will add up to the third
If d is no smaller, than 3.”
The cornerstone of modern science is the scientific method. Scientists first formulate hypotheses, or predictions, about nature. Then they perform experiments to test their hypotheses. There are two forms of scientific method, the inductive and the deductive. INDUCTIVE:
formulate hypothesis
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perform experiments or gather data to test hypothesis
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formulate hypothesis
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perform experiments or gather data to test hypothesis
revise hypothesis to fit data
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