Science consists in grouping facts so that general laws or conclusions may be drawn from them.
In plain words
Science means collecting facts and spotting the patterns inside them.
Where these words come from
- 85% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Darwin's Autobiography (ed. Nora Barlow, 1958), p. 70 -- his own definition of scientific method.
- Autobiography
- 1876
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