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Encyclopedia > 1981 in science

The year 1981 in science and technology observed many events, some of which are included in the list below.

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science: Definition, Synonyms and Much More From Answers.com (7434 words)
Science, in the modern sense of the term, came into being in the 16th and 17th cent., with the merging of the craft tradition with scientific theory and the evolution of the scientific method.
Science is practiced in universities and other scientific institutes as well as in the field; as such it is a solid vocation in academia, but is also practiced by amateurs, who typically engage in the observational part of science.
The term "science" is sometimes pressed into service for new and interdisciplinary fields that make use of scientific methods at least in part, and which in any case aspire to be systematic and careful explorations of their subjects, including computer science, library and information science, and environmental science.
IUB Campus Writing Program Library: Articles on Writing Across the Curriculum—Science (3751 words)
Science students often experience difficulties as a result of their inability to see that multiple interpretations of the same data can coexist.
Science is difficult because it orders information from the perspective of the expert scientist, not from that of the non-scientist.
From teaching an environmental science course to scientists and non-scientists alike, the author realized that scientists organize their lectures and their papers in such a way that the specific principle involved is fronted as the issue.
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