A Southwest Allen County Schools science teacher initially assumed geography would prevent his participation in a program that lets educators learn about NASA’s astrophysics and planetary science missions.
Castaic High School teacher Cody Kennedy has been selected to be a 2022 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Airborne Astronomy Ambassador (AAA).
1. From Osiander s Foreword to De Revolutionibus, find at least two arguments for instrumentalism. Support your answer with quotations.
2. Using arguments and examples from Copernicus Preface to De Revolutionibus, explain the difference between a simple theory, a complex theory, and a coherent theory. Is a coherent theory necessarily simple?
3. Describe an instance where Galileo believed a theory that appeared to be contradicted by some observational evidence. Was he justified in doing so (i.e. did he have good theoretical arguments or observational evidence)?
4. According to Galileo what should we do when we encounter an apparent conflict between our sensory experience and the truth of a biblical passage?
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February 17, 2021, Mountain View, CA The SETI Institute announces its new NASA Community College Network (NCCN). This innovative program will bring NASA subject matter experts, research findings, and educational resources into the science classrooms of the nation s community college system which, with nearly 1,200 2-year, associate degree-granting institutions represents 12 million students. NASA s Science Activation program brings the unmatched STEM resources of NASA to schools, libraries and communities across the United States., said Dr. Simon Steel, NCCN Principal Investigator. NCCN will amplify this reach into America s community colleges where many students from underserved groups start their higher education.