Science is discovery

The Poetry of Reality (video)

The Poetry of Reality
Science is the best tool ever devised
For understanding how the world works.
Science is a very human form of knowledge
We are always at the brink of the known.
Science is a collaborative enterprise
Spanning the generations.
We remember those who prepared the way
Seeing for them also.
If you’re scientifically literate,
The world looks very different to you
And that understanding empowers you.
There’s real poetry in the real world.
Science is the poetry of reality.
We can do science,
And with it, we can improve our lives.
The story of humans is the story of ideas
That shine light into dark corners.
Scientists love mysteries,
They love not knowing.
I don’t feel frightened by not knowing things.
I think it’s much more interesting.
There’s a larger universal reality
of which we are all a part.
The further we probe into the universe,
The more remarkable are the discoveries we make.
The quest for the truth, in and of itself,
Is a story that’s filled with insights.
From our lonely point in the cosmos,
We have through the power of thought
Been able to peer back to a brief moment
After the beginning of the universe.
I think that science changes the way your mind works,
To think a little more deeply about things.
Science replaces private prejudice
With publicly verifiable evidence.

to invent
Alexander Bell invented telephone.
Christopher Columbus discovered America.
to discover
an invention
a discovery

to engage (to participate, to involve) – to be engaged
He can engage an audience.
He was engaged as a tutor.
to involve (cause to participate, to include yourself or someone else in doing something) – to be involved
Don’t involve me in your silly plans.
Try not to be involved in his silly plans.

to investigate (to carry out research or study into a subject or problem) – an investigation
We tried to investigate this case.
He is carrying out an important investigation.
a phenomenon (a fact or a situation that is observed to exist or happen) – phenomena
It’s quite an interesting phenomenon.
These phenomena are quite interesting.

Grammar Practice
George Stevenson ___________ the steam engine.
The steam engine _____________________ by George Stevenson.
constructed
was constructed
to construct

The first step to the Moon _____________________ by Neil Armstrong.
Neil Armstrong __________ the first step to the Moon,
was made
made
to make

Wilbur Wright ________ the first flight in an aeroplane.
The first flight in an aeroplane _______________ by Wilbur Wright.
to make
made
was made

DNA _________________ by Friedrich Meischer.
Friedrich Meischer ____________ DNA.
to discover
was discovered
discovered

Inventions
OR
Discoveries

Inventions that changed our world (video)