Introduction

Science

• Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.

The Scientific Method

1. Make an observation

2. Ask a question

3. Propose a hypothesis

4. Make a prediction based on the hypothesis

5. Test the hypothesis

6. Iterate

How can programming help?

• Analyze data

• Visualize data

• Symbolic computation

• Numeric computation

• Run simulations

• Automate experiments

• Record data from experiments

• Scientific publication