Physics Definition of Science

Study

Wondering & Investigation

Nature

The physical universe and everything in it that we can observe, detect, and/or measure with our senses or instruments.

Verifiable/Repeatable

If others can’t repeat your test and confirm its results, your guess (or test) was wrong

Objective

Bend-over-backwards fair (unbiased comparisons, enough data, sufficiently precise data)

Observation

Documentation of the accurate perception of natural processes by our senses or appropriate instruments

Experimentation

Controlled tests of Nature’s workings

Evidence

Measurable data of physical/real behavior, properties, or quantities

Process

1.) Guess/Hypothesis 2.) Test to confirm or refute guess 3.) Publish

What is the definition of Science?

Science is the study of nature through a process of verifiable, repeatable, objective observations of or experimentations involving evidence.