Whatmakesapersonascientist?Doeshehavewaysortoolsoflearningthataredifferentfromthoseofothers?Theansweris“no”.Itisn’tthetoolsascientistusesbuthowheusesthesetoolswhichmakehimascientist.Youwill
Whatmakesapersonascientist?Doeshehavewaysortoolsoflearningthataredifferentfromthoseofothers?Theansweris“no”.Itisn’tthetoolsascientistusesbuthowheusesthesetoolswhichmakehimascientist.Youwillprobablyagreethatknowinghowtouseapowerisimportanttoacarpenter(木匠).Youwillprobablyagree,too,thatknowinghowtoinvestigate(调查),howtodiscoverinformation,isimportanttoeveryone.Thescientist,however,goesonestepfurther;hemustbesurethathehasareasonableanswertohisquestionsandthathisanswerhegetstomanyquestionsisintoalargesetofideasabouthowtheworldworks.?
Thescientist’sknowledgemustbeexact.There’snoroomforhalfrightorrightjusthalfthetime.Hemustbeasnearlyrightastheconditionspermit.Whatworksunderonesetofconditionsatonetimemustworkunderthesameconditionsatothertimes.Iftheconditionsaredifferent,anychangesthescientistobservesinademonstration(实证)mustbeexplainedbythechangesintheconditions.Thisisonereasonwhyinvestigationsareimportantinscience.AlbertEinstein,whodevelopedtheTheoryofRelativity,arrivedatthistheorythroughmathematics.Theaccuracy(正确性)ofhismathematicswaslatertestedthroughinvestigation.Einstein’sideaswereprovedtobecorrect.Ascientistusesmanytoolsformeasurements.Thenthemeasurementsareusedtomakemathematicalcalculations(计算)thatmaytesthisinvestigations.
小题1:Whatmakesascientistaccordingtothepassage?A.Thetoolsheuses.B.Hiswaysoflearning.C.Thewayheuseshistools.D.Thevarioustoolsheuses.小题2:“...knowinghowtoinvestigate,howtodiscoverinformation,isimportanttoeveryone.”Thewritersaysthistoshow_______.A.theimportanceofinformationB.thedifferencebetweenscientistsandordinarypeopleC.theimportanceofthinkingD.thedifferencebetweencarpentersandordinarypeople小题3:Asound(合理的)scientifictheoryshouldbeonethat_______.A.worksunderonesetofconditionsatonetimeandalsoworksunderthesameconditionsatothertimesB.d