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Science, the Beginning to the End



Science, what exactly is it? Yes, we hear the term all the time in school but what do you think when you hear the word science? Well, I thought about chemical reactions with the big explosions, but that is not all. What about the dissagreements between Nicolaus Copernicus and the people with what was the centre of the universe? Don’t forget about the argument with Edwin Hubble and Albert Einstein about if there was a begginning to the universe or not. The scientific discoveries are ever changing and in doing so we can get greater knowledge about our world, our universe and ourselves.

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