Outreach
Science vs Common Sense
by Prof. Arvind Kumar
Sunday, September 5, 2021
from
to
(Asia/Kolkata)
at https://main.tifr.res.in/~outreach
at https://main.tifr.res.in/~outreach
Description |
Much, if not all, of modern science is based on ideas that go against our ordinary intuition and deal with scales in length, time and energy that are outside the realm of common sense. And yet as everyone knows, modern science, with all its limitations, is so amazingly successful in describing and negotiating with nature. What modes of reasoning and inquiry does this enterprise adopt that are not quite our spontaneous modes of thinking? The question is important to address, we believe, for understanding the hurdles to effective learning and teaching of science. In this talk, we discuss and illustrate some tentative answers to this question. |
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