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    • Great Ideas in Energy & Science

    Keeping science in perspective is tough, but touring the greatest ideas in science helps us figure out what is the most important - and what topics are under each of these highest-impact ideas. Being science literate is particularly important when it comes to making informed decisions about energy. These ideas are always accompanied by exciting events. Imagine the excitement that comes from people and organizations receiving awards and recognition for their greatest achievements.

    Why are communication and critical thinking important in science literacy?

    Science and art have different ways of thinking - scientists name things, artists picture them. Science thinks in terms of questions and reproducible answers while in art the question is often more important - and the answers do not need to be reproducible. The same critical thinking skills that are important in science are also valuable for everyday common sense and problem solving.

    Links:

    Great Tools in Energy & Science: No Tools - No Science
  • Communication & Critical Thinking
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  • The Beauty of Numbers
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  • Things We Manipulate So We Can Communicate
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  • Critical Thinking - Thoughts We Manipulate So We Can Be Logical
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  • Tools - Things We Manipulate So We Can Make Other Things
  • Scopes Are Basic Tools
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  • Tools for Measurements
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    The Invention that began the Industrial Revolution - Steam Engines Made the World Go Around
    The Greatest Idea in Science - 17th Century - Newton's Laws Force Science to Move Ahead
    The Greatest Idea in Energy - 18th Century - Ben Franklin & Electricity
    The Idea that Ushered in the Age of Electricity - Tesla's Alternating Current Changes the Directions of the World
    The Greatest Idea in Science - 19th Century - Maxwell's Equations => Electromagnetism
    The Greatest Idea in the 20th Century - Einstein's Special Relativity Leads to a Nuclear World
    The Idea that began the Computer Revolution - and the Greatest Invention in the Second Half of the 20th Century - Transistors Make Electronics Click
    The Greatest Idea at the Beginning of the 21st Century - String Theory Makes the Tiniest Vibrations
    The Greatest Unknown - Science and the Beginning of Time

    Greatest Ideas in Energy & Science Rank of
    Topics'
    Importance    *
    Energy & Recycling ~ Science & the Common Weal 1
    Overarching Principles of Science
  • Knowing It All: Order & Causality
    		• 2
  • Check It Out: Hypothesis Testing & The Beauty of Numbers
    		• 3
  • Murphy's Laws: Uncertainty & Risk
    		• 4
  • Butterfly Effect, Symmetry & The Fractal Nature of the Universe
    		• 18
  • The Emergence of Complexity
    		• 22
    The Sciences
  • Science and the Beginning of Time
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  • Energy & Mass Are Conserved & Can Be Converted via e=mc2
    		• 5
  • Atoms & the Structure of Matter
    		• 6 & 8
  • Physics: Classical, Particle, Nuclear, Special Relativity, General Relativity
    		• 5, 7, 9, 10, 19 & 23
  • Electromagnetism: Electicity & Magnetism are the same.
    		•  10
    Joke: How much does electricity weigh? Answer: Electricity's pretty light.
  • The World of the Quantum - Quantum Mechanics & Quantum Field Theory
    		•  7
  • String Theory
    		• to be determined
  • Life Extensions from Science
    		• 11, 12, 15 & 20
  • Physical Sciences & Our Comfort
    		• 13
  • e=mc2, Astronomy & Our Expanding Universe with a Curved Space-Time
    		• 14, 17 & 21
  • Cycles On Our Water Planet
    		•  16

    Atomic Forces:
    Great Ideas in Energy & Science Rank of
    Ideas'
    Importance
    Energy & Recycling ~ Science & the Common Weal 1
    Overarching Principles
  • Knowing It All: Order & Causality - First Law of Science
    		• 2
  • Check It Out: Hypothesis Testing & Research - The Beauty of Numbers
    		•  3
  • Murphy's Laws: Uncertainty & Risk
    		•  4
  • Butterfly Effect, Symmetry & the Fractal Nature of the Universe
    		• 18
  • The Emergence of Complexity
    		• 22
    The Sciences
  • Energy & Mass Are Conserved & Can Be Converted via e=mc2
    		• 5
  • Atoms & the Structure of Matter
    		•  6
  • Atoms #1 #2
  • Existence of Atoms
  • Structure of the Atom #1
  • Periodic Table
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  • Structure of Matter
  • Chemical Bonds & Reactions
  • Materials & Atoms
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Entropy & Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics
    		• 8
  • Physics
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  • Classical Physics: Newton's Laws
    		•  19
  • Electromagnetism = Electricity & Magnetism
    		• 10
  • Maxwell's Equations & Lorentz Force Law
  • AC Current
  • Over The Horizon Communication - Radio, TV, Radar
  • Transistors and Computers
    		• 9
  • Subatomic Physics
  • Electromagnetic Force
  • Strong Force
  • Weak Force
  • Electroweak Interactions = Electromagnetic & Weak Force
  • ??? String Theory = Electroweak & Strong Force + Gravity ???
    		• to be determined
  • Gravity
    		•  5
  • Special Relativity: e=mc2 +
    (observors in different frames see different things as their relative velocity approaches the speed of light)
    		• 5
  • General Relativity: Gravity = mass causes space-time to bend
    		• 23
  • The World of the Quantum:
    		• 7
  • Quantum Mechanics #1 #2
  • Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
  • Photoelectric Effect
  • Quantum Field Theory
  • String Theory
    		• to be determined
  • Life Extensions from Science
  • Biology
  • Visible Human Project
  • Germ Theory - Cells & Microbes
    		• 11
  • Cellular Antics & Biochemistry
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Molecular Chemistry
  • Evolution & Genetics
  • Mendelian Genetics
    		• 20
  • The Role of DNA in Heredity - Genetic Coding
    		• 12
  • Nuclear Medicine
    		• 15
  • Butterfly Effect, Symmetry & the Fractal Nature of the Universe
    		• 18
  • Neuroscience
  • Ecosystems, Natural Resources & All Life Are Interconnected
  • Physical Sciences & Our Comfort
  • Atoms & their Existence
  • Structure of the Atom
  • Entropy - Chemical Bonds & Reactions
    		• 8
  • Atomic Structure of Matter
    		• 6
  • Materials & Atoms
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Wave Particle Duality & Quantum Mechanics
    		• 13
  • Electricity & Magnetism = Electromagnetism
    		• 10
  • Optics #1 #2 #3
  • Nuclear Physics & Energy #1 #2
  • Particle Physics
  • Elementary Particles - Quarks, Leptons & Bosons
  • Quantum Physics
  • Relativity
  • e=mc2, Nuclear Science and Fusion
  • Astronomy, e=mc2,& Our Universe
  • Optics #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
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  • Cosmos & the Inflationary Universe expands on the Big Bang?
    		•  14
  • The Universe, Stars & Galaxies Live & Die
  • Our Solar System & Galileo
  • Curvature of Spacetime & Space-Time Warps
    		•  17
  • Dark Energy
    		• 21
  • Cycles on a Water Planet
  • Plate Tectonics Recycle Continents
    		• 16
  • Hydrological Cycles Pass Water
  • Atmospheric Cycles Jet Air Around

    • Great Tools in Energy & Science: No Tools - No Science

    Communication & Critical Thinking
  • The Beauty of Numbers
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  • Zero - Thanks for (the concept of) Nothing
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  • An Imaginary Hypercomplex Number
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  • Pi Brings Holeness
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  • A Log's Natural Base is ???
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  • Is Infinity Real? Is Infintessimal Real?
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  • Words & Images - Things We Manipulate So We Can Communicate
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  • Images
  • Spoken Words
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  • Art
  • Written Words
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  • Pictures
  • Pictures
  • Published Words
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  • Movies
  • Electronic Recorded Words
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  • Holograms
  • Taxonomies
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  • N-Dimension Integrals
  • Ontologies
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  • Critical Thinking - Thoughts We Manipulate So We Can Be Rational
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  • Get Your Assumptions Straight
  • Pseudo-Reasoning
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  • Reasoning is Mission Critical
  • Expressions of Reasoning
  • Illogic
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  • By Analogy
  • Fairmindedness
  • Epistemology
  • Circular Logic
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  • Inductively
  • Humility
  • Values
  • Emotive Reasoning
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  • Deductively
  • Inferential
  • Integrity
  • Hoax
  • Not Testable
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  • Abductively
  • Urban Legends
  • Fallacies
  • Rationalization
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    Tools
  • Tools - Things We Manipulate So We Can Make Other Things
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  • Wood
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  • Stone
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  • Electrons
  • Metal
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  • Computers
  • CAD/CAM
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  • MIME
  • Scopes Are Basic Tools in
  • Microscopy
  • Astronomy
  • Physical Sciences
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  • Tools for Measurements
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  • 10n
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  • 10-1
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  • 10-3
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  • 10-6
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  • 10-7
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  • 10-8
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    Date last updated: May 3, 2005