Science In The Eyes of An Ordinary Person

We, the people of 21st century, have profound knowledge and understanding of the world and universe we are in. After gathering incalculable amount of ideas, theories, prospective, analysis, understandings etc. that our brilliant forefathers, of the world’s history, have given us, we’re at such stage of human civilization that today’s genius minds can make absolute use of those contributions to understand and comprehend the universe & beyond that are still left to be scrutinized.  

All the things that we have attained up to now are nothing but the blessings of science, which is the only best method to understand the way our world/universe is. The word ‘Science’ came from the Latin word “to know”(Wikipedia). Assuredly, science is the study of everything (to know about the world better) and, in order to figure out the truth, we need science. But in the eyes of an ordinary person science is a complex form full of theories and formulas

Well! If not just theories and formulas, then what? The question might arise. But we have answer too (wink). To begin with, to those people making aforementioned statement, I want to assert that “formulas and theories” don’t merely constitute science. Science is NOT a body of knowledge, per se, but a process of determining the truth. Even though science contains theories and formulas, the huge portion of it contains foundational knowledge, rational discourse, educated hypothesis, objective testing, and peer review. It is as the result of this process from which theories and formulas arise. Furthermore, besides ‘theories & laws’ lie profound ruminations, meticulous observations and impeccable experiments. 

We, in science, start with observation, from which we formulate a hypothesis, and then gather empirical data through experiments. If data yields consistent results, we might formulate a law. If we organize all data into an equation or set of postulates, we have a theory. Science needs magnificent mind to think/analyze the observations; it is after going through fruitful rigorous process that we finally get theories/laws.  

All in all, science is really a broad field of knowledge and understanding. Science is the art that explains the working phenomenon of the whole universe. From as small as an atom to as large as galaxies and universe, from beautiful nature to horrifying disasters, from smallest organisms to largest (i.e. whales), from large computers to small phones, science explains all of it, and science is related in all of it. Science is hard, it is fun and it is also easy. For most, it becomes hard when it contains numbers and formulas, it becomes easy when you understand it, and it becomes fun when theories match practice. To get a life and tasting even a morsel of any field is the heaven-like experience. If you, ever in your life, look at the science out of just ‘theories & laws’, it is more beautiful than heavenly angels. My remark to those people thinking science as ‘a compilation of theories and laws’ is that ‘you missed magnificent beauty of science; it’s way lot more than you’re thinking.’