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Scientific temper, the Glossary

The term scientific temper is broadly defined as "a modest open-minded temper—develop new light, new knowledge, new experiments, even when their results are unfavourable to preconceived opinions and long-cherished theories." It is a way of life (defined in this context as an individual and social process of thinking and acting) which uses the scientific method and which may, consequently, include questioning, observing physical reality, testing, hypothesizing, analyzing, and communicating (not necessarily in that order).^[1]

Aesthetics

Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of beauty and the nature of taste; and functions as the philosophy of art.

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Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who is widely held as one of the most influential scientists. Best known for developing the theory of relativity, Einstein also made important contributions to quantum mechanics. His mass–energy equivalence formula, which arises from relativity theory, has been called "the world's most famous equation". Scientific temper and Albert Einstein are philosophy of science.

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Analysis

Analysis (analyses) is the process of breaking a complex topic or substance into smaller parts in order to gain a better understanding of it. Scientific temper and Analysis are scientific method.

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Argument

An argument is a series of sentences, statements, or propositions some of which are called premises and one is the conclusion.

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Armistice of 11 November 1918

The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice signed at Le Francport near Compiègne that ended fighting on land, at sea, and in the air in World War I between the Entente and their last remaining opponent, Germany.

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Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, (18 May 1872 – 2 February 1970) was a British mathematician, logician, philosopher, and public intellectual.

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Book of Genesis

The Book of Genesis (from Greek; בְּרֵאשִׁית|Bərēʾšīṯ|In beginning; Liber Genesis) is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.

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Charles Darwin

Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology.

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Classical mechanics

Classical mechanics is a physical theory describing the motion of objects such as projectiles, parts of machinery, spacecraft, planets, stars, and galaxies.

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Constitution of India

The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India.

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Conversation

Conversation is interactive communication between two or more people.

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Conway Hall Ethical Society

The Conway Hall Ethical Society, formerly the South Place Ethical Society, based in London at Conway Hall, is thought to be the oldest surviving freethought organisation in the world and is the only remaining ethical society in the United Kingdom.

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Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR; IAST: vaigyanik tathā audyogik anusandhāna pariṣada) is a research and development (R&D) organisation in India to promote scientific, industrial and economic growth.

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Credulity

Credulity is a person's willingness or ability to believe that a statement is true, especially on minimal or uncertain evidence.

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Department of Science and Technology (India)

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) is a department within the Ministry of Science and Technology in India.

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Eddington experiment

The Eddington experiment was an observational test of general relativity, organised by the British astronomers Frank Watson Dyson and Arthur Stanley Eddington in 1919.

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Experiment

An experiment is a procedure carried out to support or refute a hypothesis, or determine the efficacy or likelihood of something previously untried.

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Forty-second Amendment of the Constitution of India

The 42nd amendment, officially known as The Constitution (Forty-second amendment) Act, 1976, was enacted during the Emergency (25 June 1975 – 21 March 1977) by the Indian National Congress government headed by Indira Gandhi.

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Freedom

Freedom is the power or right to speak, act and change as one wants without hindrance or restraint.

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Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties of India

The Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Duties are sections of the Constitution of India that prescribe the fundamental obligations of the states to its citizens and the duties and the rights of the citizens to the State.

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General relativity

General relativity, also known as the general theory of relativity and Einstein's theory of gravity, is the geometric theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1915 and is the current description of gravitation in modern physics.

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Government of India

The Government of India (IAST: Bhārat Sarkār, legally the Union Government or Union of India and colloquially known as the Central Government) is the central executive authority of the Republic of India, a federal republic located in South Asia, consisting of 28 states and eight union territories.

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Hypothesis

A hypothesis (hypotheses) is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon. Scientific temper and hypothesis are philosophy of science and scientific method.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, author and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century.

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Knowledge

Knowledge is an awareness of facts, a familiarity with individuals and situations, or a practical skill.

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Literacy in India

Literacy in India is a key for social-economic progress.

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Malnutrition

Malnutrition occurs when an organism gets too few or too many nutrients, resulting in health problems.

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National Council for Science and Technology Communication

The National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC) is a scientific programme of the Government of India for the popularisation of science, dissemination of scientific knowledge and inculcation of scientific temper.

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National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources

The National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR), located at New Delhi, India, was an information science institute in India founded in 2002.

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National Mathematics Day (India)

The 2012 Indian stamp featured Srinivasa Ramanujan.

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National Science Day

National Science Day is celebrated in India on February 28 each year to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by Indian physicist Sir C. V. Raman on 28 February 1928.

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Newton's law of universal gravitation

Newton's law of universal gravitation says that every particle attracts every other particle in the universe with a force that is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers.

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Observation

Observation in the natural sciences is an act or instance of noticing or perceiving and the acquisition of information from a primary source. Scientific temper and Observation are philosophy of science and scientific method.

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Open-mindedness

Open-mindedness is receptiveness to new ideas.

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Opinion

An opinion is a judgment, viewpoint, or statement that is not conclusive, rather than facts, which are true statements.

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Physical object

In common usage and classical mechanics, a physical object or physical body (or simply an object or body) is a collection of matter within a defined contiguous boundary in three-dimensional space.

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Poverty in India

Poverty in India remains a major challenge despite overall reductions in the last several decades as its economy grows.

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Prentice Hall

Prentice Hall was a major American educational publisher.

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Prime Minister of India

The prime minister of India (ISO) is the head of government of the Republic of India.

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Reality

Reality is the sum or aggregate of all that is real or existent within the universe, as opposed to that which is only imaginary, nonexistent or nonactual.

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Religion

Religion is a range of social-cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements—although there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion.

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Science Express

The Science Express is a mobile scientific exhibition for children mounted on a train which travels across India.

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Science Reporter

Science Reporter is a monthly popular science magazine that has been published in India since 1964 Started in 1964, Science Reporter is one of the oldest English language popular science monthlies published in India.

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Scientific method

The scientific method is an empirical method for acquiring knowledge that has characterized the development of science since at least the 17th century. Scientific temper and scientific method are philosophy of science.

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Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar

Sir Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar OBE, FNI, FASc, FRS, FRIC, FInstP (21 February 1894 – 1 January 1955) was an Indian colloid chemist, academic and scientific administrator.

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Solar eclipse of May 29, 1919

A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's descending node of orbit on Thursday, May 29, 1919, with a magnitude of 1.0719.

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Subjectivity and objectivity (philosophy)

The distinction between subjectivity and objectivity is a basic idea of philosophy, particularly epistemology and metaphysics.

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Superstition

A superstition is any belief or practice considered by non-practitioners to be irrational or supernatural, attributed to fate or magic, perceived supernatural influence, or fear of that which is unknown.

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The Discovery of India

The Discovery of India was written by the Indian freedom fighter Jawaharlal Nehru (later India's first Prime Minister) during his incarceration in 1942–1945 at Ahmednagar Fort in present-day Indian state of Maharashtra by British colonial authorities before the independence of India.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_temper

, Theory, Theory of relativity, Toleration, Truth.

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See also

Bertrand Russell

Jawaharlal Nehru

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