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1 A Brief History of Scientific Thoughts Lecture 1 Palash Sarkar Applied Statistics Unit Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata India palash@isical.ac.in Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 1 / 17
2 Science Definitions. Online Oxford Dictionaries. The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. A systematically organized body of knowledge on a particular subject. Origin: Middle English (denoting knowledge): from Old French, from Latin scientia, from scire know. Wikipedia (extracts). Science is an enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the world. Used in a broad sense denoting reliable knowledge about a topic. Since classical antiquity science as a type of knowledge was closely linked to philosophy. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 2 / 17
3 Science Definitions. Online Oxford Dictionaries. The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. A systematically organized body of knowledge on a particular subject. Origin: Middle English (denoting knowledge): from Old French, from Latin scientia, from scire know. Wikipedia (extracts). Science is an enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the world. Used in a broad sense denoting reliable knowledge about a topic. Since classical antiquity science as a type of knowledge was closely linked to philosophy. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 2 / 17
4 Science Definitions. Online Oxford Dictionaries. The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment. A systematically organized body of knowledge on a particular subject. Origin: Middle English (denoting knowledge): from Old French, from Latin scientia, from scire know. Wikipedia (extracts). Science is an enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the world. Used in a broad sense denoting reliable knowledge about a topic. Since classical antiquity science as a type of knowledge was closely linked to philosophy. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 2 / 17
5 Rise of Modern Science 1633 Galileo Galilei faced the Inquisition. What had he done? He advocated the heliocentric theory. Why was it considered dangerous? The answer involves a discussion of the prevalent socio-religio-political structure. We will only briefly look at the serpentine course of the heliocentric theory. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 3 / 17
6 Rise of Modern Science 1633 Galileo Galilei faced the Inquisition. What had he done? He advocated the heliocentric theory. Why was it considered dangerous? The answer involves a discussion of the prevalent socio-religio-political structure. We will only briefly look at the serpentine course of the heliocentric theory. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 3 / 17
7 Rise of Modern Science 1633 Galileo Galilei faced the Inquisition. What had he done? He advocated the heliocentric theory. Why was it considered dangerous? The answer involves a discussion of the prevalent socio-religio-political structure. We will only briefly look at the serpentine course of the heliocentric theory. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 3 / 17
8 Rise of Modern Science 1633 Galileo Galilei faced the Inquisition. What had he done? He advocated the heliocentric theory. Why was it considered dangerous? The answer involves a discussion of the prevalent socio-religio-political structure. We will only briefly look at the serpentine course of the heliocentric theory. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 3 / 17
9 Rise of Modern Science 1633 Galileo Galilei faced the Inquisition. What had he done? He advocated the heliocentric theory. Why was it considered dangerous? The answer involves a discussion of the prevalent socio-religio-political structure. We will only briefly look at the serpentine course of the heliocentric theory. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 3 / 17
10 Rise of Modern Science 1633 Galileo Galilei faced the Inquisition. What had he done? He advocated the heliocentric theory. Why was it considered dangerous? The answer involves a discussion of the prevalent socio-religio-political structure. We will only briefly look at the serpentine course of the heliocentric theory. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 3 / 17
11 Astronomy in the Ancient World: Why? Practical: years of painstaking observations. Seasons determine agriculture and migration of animals. The Moon controls the tides and the life cycles of many animals. Prediction: accurate information about the position of the Sun and the Moon leads to reliable timings for organising hunts, determining sowing and reaping. Speculative: Up above the sky appears immortal; down below things are mortal. Do the planets have influence on human life? By predicting the behaviour of the heavenly bodies can we predict our own future? Curiosity: Consciousness comes with an in-built curiosity. Efforts to systematize and understand is a basic human instinct. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 4 / 17
12 Astronomy in the Ancient World: Why? Practical: years of painstaking observations. Seasons determine agriculture and migration of animals. The Moon controls the tides and the life cycles of many animals. Prediction: accurate information about the position of the Sun and the Moon leads to reliable timings for organising hunts, determining sowing and reaping. Speculative: Up above the sky appears immortal; down below things are mortal. Do the planets have influence on human life? By predicting the behaviour of the heavenly bodies can we predict our own future? Curiosity: Consciousness comes with an in-built curiosity. Efforts to systematize and understand is a basic human instinct. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 4 / 17
13 Astronomy in the Ancient World: Why? Practical: years of painstaking observations. Seasons determine agriculture and migration of animals. The Moon controls the tides and the life cycles of many animals. Prediction: accurate information about the position of the Sun and the Moon leads to reliable timings for organising hunts, determining sowing and reaping. Speculative: Up above the sky appears immortal; down below things are mortal. Do the planets have influence on human life? By predicting the behaviour of the heavenly bodies can we predict our own future? Curiosity: Consciousness comes with an in-built curiosity. Efforts to systematize and understand is a basic human instinct. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 4 / 17
14 Astronomy in the Ancient World: Why? Practical: years of painstaking observations. Seasons determine agriculture and migration of animals. The Moon controls the tides and the life cycles of many animals. Prediction: accurate information about the position of the Sun and the Moon leads to reliable timings for organising hunts, determining sowing and reaping. Speculative: Up above the sky appears immortal; down below things are mortal. Do the planets have influence on human life? By predicting the behaviour of the heavenly bodies can we predict our own future? Curiosity: Consciousness comes with an in-built curiosity. Efforts to systematize and understand is a basic human instinct. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 4 / 17
15 Greek Astronomy Many centuries of observations by the Egyptians and the Babylonians. Thales: predicted an eclipse in 585 B.C. Pythagoras: Spherical earth. Pythagoreans: arithmetical mysticism, theory of eclipses, etcetera. Heraclides (approx B.C.): Mercury and Venus went around the Sun. The Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours. Aristarchus (approx B.C.): The planets move in circular orbits around the Sun. The Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours. The geocentric view was well rooted and advocation of the heliocentric view was considered impiety. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 5 / 17
16 Greek Astronomy Many centuries of observations by the Egyptians and the Babylonians. Thales: predicted an eclipse in 585 B.C. Pythagoras: Spherical earth. Pythagoreans: arithmetical mysticism, theory of eclipses, etcetera. Heraclides (approx B.C.): Mercury and Venus went around the Sun. The Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours. Aristarchus (approx B.C.): The planets move in circular orbits around the Sun. The Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours. The geocentric view was well rooted and advocation of the heliocentric view was considered impiety. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 5 / 17
17 Greek Astronomy Many centuries of observations by the Egyptians and the Babylonians. Thales: predicted an eclipse in 585 B.C. Pythagoras: Spherical earth. Pythagoreans: arithmetical mysticism, theory of eclipses, etcetera. Heraclides (approx B.C.): Mercury and Venus went around the Sun. The Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours. Aristarchus (approx B.C.): The planets move in circular orbits around the Sun. The Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours. The geocentric view was well rooted and advocation of the heliocentric view was considered impiety. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 5 / 17
18 Greek Astronomy Many centuries of observations by the Egyptians and the Babylonians. Thales: predicted an eclipse in 585 B.C. Pythagoras: Spherical earth. Pythagoreans: arithmetical mysticism, theory of eclipses, etcetera. Heraclides (approx B.C.): Mercury and Venus went around the Sun. The Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours. Aristarchus (approx B.C.): The planets move in circular orbits around the Sun. The Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours. The geocentric view was well rooted and advocation of the heliocentric view was considered impiety. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 5 / 17
19 Greek Astronomy Many centuries of observations by the Egyptians and the Babylonians. Thales: predicted an eclipse in 585 B.C. Pythagoras: Spherical earth. Pythagoreans: arithmetical mysticism, theory of eclipses, etcetera. Heraclides (approx B.C.): Mercury and Venus went around the Sun. The Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours. Aristarchus (approx B.C.): The planets move in circular orbits around the Sun. The Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours. The geocentric view was well rooted and advocation of the heliocentric view was considered impiety. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 5 / 17
20 Greek Astronomy Many centuries of observations by the Egyptians and the Babylonians. Thales: predicted an eclipse in 585 B.C. Pythagoras: Spherical earth. Pythagoreans: arithmetical mysticism, theory of eclipses, etcetera. Heraclides (approx B.C.): Mercury and Venus went around the Sun. The Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours. Aristarchus (approx B.C.): The planets move in circular orbits around the Sun. The Earth rotates on its axis once every 24 hours. The geocentric view was well rooted and advocation of the heliocentric view was considered impiety. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 5 / 17
21 Greek Astronomy (contd.) Aristotle ( B.C.): Earth (spherical) is at the centre of the universe. Everything below the Moon (sublunary) is subject to generation and decay. Moon upwards heavenliness increases. Heavens are perfectly spherical. Apollonius (about 220 B.C.): Invented the theory of epicycles. Hipparchus ( B.C.) Contributions to trigonometry, equinoxes, lunar months, improved estimates of the sizes and the distances of the Sun and the Moon. Improved the theory of epicycles. Rejected the heliocentric theory. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 6 / 17
22 Greek Astronomy (contd.) Aristotle ( B.C.): Earth (spherical) is at the centre of the universe. Everything below the Moon (sublunary) is subject to generation and decay. Moon upwards heavenliness increases. Heavens are perfectly spherical. Apollonius (about 220 B.C.): Invented the theory of epicycles. Hipparchus ( B.C.) Contributions to trigonometry, equinoxes, lunar months, improved estimates of the sizes and the distances of the Sun and the Moon. Improved the theory of epicycles. Rejected the heliocentric theory. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 6 / 17
23 Greek Astronomy (contd.) Aristotle ( B.C.): Earth (spherical) is at the centre of the universe. Everything below the Moon (sublunary) is subject to generation and decay. Moon upwards heavenliness increases. Heavens are perfectly spherical. Apollonius (about 220 B.C.): Invented the theory of epicycles. Hipparchus ( B.C.) Contributions to trigonometry, equinoxes, lunar months, improved estimates of the sizes and the distances of the Sun and the Moon. Improved the theory of epicycles. Rejected the heliocentric theory. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 6 / 17
24 Geocentric Universe Source: Ptolemy (90 (c)168 A.D.): The outer layer was like a crystal to which fixed stars are attached. Deviations explained by epicycles. See for a nice visual explaining epicycles. Adopted by the Christian Church. The scriptures did not provide a cosmology. Geocentric universe was consistent with Christian theology. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 7 / 17
25 Geocentric Universe Source: Ptolemy (90 (c)168 A.D.): The outer layer was like a crystal to which fixed stars are attached. Deviations explained by epicycles. See for a nice visual explaining epicycles. Adopted by the Christian Church. The scriptures did not provide a cosmology. Geocentric universe was consistent with Christian theology. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 7 / 17
26 Geocentric Universe Source: Ptolemy (90 (c)168 A.D.): The outer layer was like a crystal to which fixed stars are attached. Deviations explained by epicycles. See for a nice visual explaining epicycles. Adopted by the Christian Church. The scriptures did not provide a cosmology. Geocentric universe was consistent with Christian theology. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 7 / 17
27 Heliocentric Model Copernicus ( ): was a Polish ecclesistic. Sun at the centre of the universe. Earth has two-fold motion. Put forward as a tentative hypothesis. Tyco Brahe ( ): Made a star catalogue and noted positions of the planets for many years. Intermediate position: Sun and Moon go around the Earth; planets go around the Sun. Raised objections to Aristotle s view: discovery of a new star in 1572 without daily parallax and hence is more distant than the Moon; discovery that comets were distant; contradicts Aristotle s view that change and decay are only in the sublunary sphere. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 8 / 17
28 Heliocentric Model Copernicus ( ): was a Polish ecclesistic. Sun at the centre of the universe. Earth has two-fold motion. Put forward as a tentative hypothesis. Tyco Brahe ( ): Made a star catalogue and noted positions of the planets for many years. Intermediate position: Sun and Moon go around the Earth; planets go around the Sun. Raised objections to Aristotle s view: discovery of a new star in 1572 without daily parallax and hence is more distant than the Moon; discovery that comets were distant; contradicts Aristotle s view that change and decay are only in the sublunary sphere. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 8 / 17
29 Heliocentric Model (contd.) Johannes Kepler ( ): Three laws of planetary motion (1609 and 1619): Elliptical orbits with Sun at one of the foci; Line joining a planet to the Sun sweeps out equal areas in equal times; Period of revolution is proportional to the cube of its average distance from the Sun. Galileo Galilei ( ): Motion: law of intertia, law of falling bodies, projectiles. Improvements to the telescope to obtain about 30x magnification. Discovery of the four moon s of Jupiter. Contradicts Aristotelian cosmology that all heavenly bodies should orbit the Earth. Advocated the heliocentric view. Has been called the father of modern science. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 9 / 17
30 Heliocentric Model (contd.) Johannes Kepler ( ): Three laws of planetary motion (1609 and 1619): Elliptical orbits with Sun at one of the foci; Line joining a planet to the Sun sweeps out equal areas in equal times; Period of revolution is proportional to the cube of its average distance from the Sun. Galileo Galilei ( ): Motion: law of intertia, law of falling bodies, projectiles. Improvements to the telescope to obtain about 30x magnification. Discovery of the four moon s of Jupiter. Contradicts Aristotelian cosmology that all heavenly bodies should orbit the Earth. Advocated the heliocentric view. Has been called the father of modern science. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 9 / 17
31 Issac Newton ( ) Modelling, abstraction and simplification: Three laws of motion of which the first two are due to Galileo. Law of universal gravitation. Invention of calculus. Optics: decomposition of white light. Simultaneously considered to be one the greatest mathematicians and scientists of all times. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 10 / 17
32 Issac Newton ( ) Modelling, abstraction and simplification: Three laws of motion of which the first two are due to Galileo. Law of universal gravitation. Invention of calculus. Optics: decomposition of white light. Simultaneously considered to be one the greatest mathematicians and scientists of all times. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 10 / 17
33 Evidence and Inference Data is fundamental and cannot be ignored (or fabricated). After 3 years, Kepler believed that he had found the correct values for a Martian circular orbit which matched ten of Brahe s observations. However, two further observations deviated by 8 minutes. Kepler writes If I had believed that we could ignore these eight minutes, I would have patched up my hypothesis accordingly. But since it was not permissible to ignore, those eight minutes pointed the road to a complete reformation in astronomy. This later led to the development of the elliptical orbit. from "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 11 / 17
34 Founders of Modern Science Copernicus, (Brahe), Kepler, Galileo, Newton The men who founded modern science had two merits which are not necessarily found together: immense patience in observation, and great boldness in framing hypotheses. from "History of Western Philosophy" by Bertrand Russell Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 12 / 17
35 Development of Theories About Science Two subsequent themes in scientific thought. A scientific theory is a model. Every scientific theory is tentative. The word science as used above has a narrow-sense interpretation. The first listing in the Oxford definitions:... systematic study... through observation and experiment. The second listing in Oxford definitions has a broad-sense interpretation. A systematically organized body of knowledge on a particular subject. In studying theories about scientific knowledge, the narrow-sense interpretation is used. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 13 / 17
36 Development of Theories About Science Two subsequent themes in scientific thought. A scientific theory is a model. Every scientific theory is tentative. The word science as used above has a narrow-sense interpretation. The first listing in the Oxford definitions:... systematic study... through observation and experiment. The second listing in Oxford definitions has a broad-sense interpretation. A systematically organized body of knowledge on a particular subject. In studying theories about scientific knowledge, the narrow-sense interpretation is used. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 13 / 17
37 Epicycles Versus the Heliocentric Universe Both could explain the known observations. Use of more and more epicycles. In the modern notion, all motion is relative. The heliocentric model is simpler. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 14 / 17
38 Principle of Simplification William of Occam (circa ): Contributions to politics, logic, metaphysics, epistemology. Best known for a maxim called Occam s razor : It is vain to do with more what can be done with fewer. Other versions: Entities are not be multiplied without necessity. Simpler theories are, other things being equal, generally better than more complex ones. Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. Albert Einstein Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 15 / 17
39 Principle of Simplification William of Occam (circa ): Contributions to politics, logic, metaphysics, epistemology. Best known for a maxim called Occam s razor : It is vain to do with more what can be done with fewer. Other versions: Entities are not be multiplied without necessity. Simpler theories are, other things being equal, generally better than more complex ones. Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. Albert Einstein Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 15 / 17
40 Principle of Simplification William of Occam (circa ): Contributions to politics, logic, metaphysics, epistemology. Best known for a maxim called Occam s razor : It is vain to do with more what can be done with fewer. Other versions: Entities are not be multiplied without necessity. Simpler theories are, other things being equal, generally better than more complex ones. Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. Albert Einstein Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 15 / 17
41 Occam s Razor Arguments for the principle: Aesthetics, more practical to apply, simpler to understand. A simple theory is better testable; a simple theory applies to more cases than a more complex one, and is thus more easily falsifiable. Karl Popper. Arguments against the principle: Extra-evidential consideration: there is little empirical evidence that the world is actually simple. General comments on the principle: The problem of deciding between competing explanations for empirical facts cannot be solved by formal tools. What is simple is a subjective issue which is also relative to the current state of knowledge. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 16 / 17
42 Occam s Razor Arguments for the principle: Aesthetics, more practical to apply, simpler to understand. A simple theory is better testable; a simple theory applies to more cases than a more complex one, and is thus more easily falsifiable. Karl Popper. Arguments against the principle: Extra-evidential consideration: there is little empirical evidence that the world is actually simple. General comments on the principle: The problem of deciding between competing explanations for empirical facts cannot be solved by formal tools. What is simple is a subjective issue which is also relative to the current state of knowledge. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 16 / 17
43 Occam s Razor Arguments for the principle: Aesthetics, more practical to apply, simpler to understand. A simple theory is better testable; a simple theory applies to more cases than a more complex one, and is thus more easily falsifiable. Karl Popper. Arguments against the principle: Extra-evidential consideration: there is little empirical evidence that the world is actually simple. General comments on the principle: The problem of deciding between competing explanations for empirical facts cannot be solved by formal tools. What is simple is a subjective issue which is also relative to the current state of knowledge. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 16 / 17
44 Early Indian Astronomy Earliest references in the Rig-Veda and the other vedas. Lagadha (2nd 1st millenium B.C.): earliest astronomical text named Vedanga Jyotisa. Aryabhatta ( A.D.): Diurnal rotation of the Earth. Moon shines by reflected sunlight. Brahmagupta ( A.D.), Varahamihira (505 A.D.), Bhaskaracharya-II (1114 A.D.), Nilakanthan Somayaji ( A.D.): Suggestion of (partial) heliocentric model. Suggestion of an attractive force which keeps objects stuck to the Earth and the planets in its positions. Suggestion of the stars being suns. Development of sophisticated mathematics to tackle astronomical calculations. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 17 / 17
45 Early Indian Astronomy Earliest references in the Rig-Veda and the other vedas. Lagadha (2nd 1st millenium B.C.): earliest astronomical text named Vedanga Jyotisa. Aryabhatta ( A.D.): Diurnal rotation of the Earth. Moon shines by reflected sunlight. Brahmagupta ( A.D.), Varahamihira (505 A.D.), Bhaskaracharya-II (1114 A.D.), Nilakanthan Somayaji ( A.D.): Suggestion of (partial) heliocentric model. Suggestion of an attractive force which keeps objects stuck to the Earth and the planets in its positions. Suggestion of the stars being suns. Development of sophisticated mathematics to tackle astronomical calculations. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 17 / 17
46 Early Indian Astronomy Earliest references in the Rig-Veda and the other vedas. Lagadha (2nd 1st millenium B.C.): earliest astronomical text named Vedanga Jyotisa. Aryabhatta ( A.D.): Diurnal rotation of the Earth. Moon shines by reflected sunlight. Brahmagupta ( A.D.), Varahamihira (505 A.D.), Bhaskaracharya-II (1114 A.D.), Nilakanthan Somayaji ( A.D.): Suggestion of (partial) heliocentric model. Suggestion of an attractive force which keeps objects stuck to the Earth and the planets in its positions. Suggestion of the stars being suns. Development of sophisticated mathematics to tackle astronomical calculations. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 17 / 17
47 Early Indian Astronomy Earliest references in the Rig-Veda and the other vedas. Lagadha (2nd 1st millenium B.C.): earliest astronomical text named Vedanga Jyotisa. Aryabhatta ( A.D.): Diurnal rotation of the Earth. Moon shines by reflected sunlight. Brahmagupta ( A.D.), Varahamihira (505 A.D.), Bhaskaracharya-II (1114 A.D.), Nilakanthan Somayaji ( A.D.): Suggestion of (partial) heliocentric model. Suggestion of an attractive force which keeps objects stuck to the Earth and the planets in its positions. Suggestion of the stars being suns. Development of sophisticated mathematics to tackle astronomical calculations. Palash Sarkar (ISI, Kolkata) Thoughts on Science 17 / 17
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