Numbers Game (Synopsis) [Starts With A Bang]


No one science can stand wholly on its own. For inquiry about the Universe to give a correct, complete picture, it requires that we bring in a whole slew of evidence, often from tangentially related fields.


Image credit: Professor Kenneth R. Lang, Tufts University.

Image credit: Professor Kenneth R. Lang, Tufts University.



The interplay between three fields in particular — astronomy, physics, and math (not a science, but the tool used to help understand the relationships arising in the first two) — have given rise to the most successful picture of the Universe of all-time.


But how did this come to be?


Image credit: Scott Dodelson.

Image credit: Scott Dodelson.



Brian Koberlein has the story on the difference between what makes a robust science and a mere numbers game.






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No one science can stand wholly on its own. For inquiry about the Universe to give a correct, complete picture, it requires that we bring in a whole slew of evidence, often from tangentially related fields.


Image credit: Professor Kenneth R. Lang, Tufts University.

Image credit: Professor Kenneth R. Lang, Tufts University.



The interplay between three fields in particular — astronomy, physics, and math (not a science, but the tool used to help understand the relationships arising in the first two) — have given rise to the most successful picture of the Universe of all-time.


But how did this come to be?


Image credit: Scott Dodelson.

Image credit: Scott Dodelson.



Brian Koberlein has the story on the difference between what makes a robust science and a mere numbers game.






from ScienceBlogs http://ift.tt/1FV3uKH

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