Day1:
1.assert
state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully.
e.g. "the company asserts that the cuts will not affect development"
synonyms: declare, maintain, contend, argue, state, claim, propound, proclaim, announce, pronounce, swear, insist, avow; More
cause others to recognize (one's authority or a right) by confident and forceful behavior.
behave or speak in a confident and forceful manner.
e.g. "it was time to assert himself"
2.if one object had twice the weight of another, it would fall twice as fast.
Using comparative degree
e.g. One turkey weighs 3 pounds less than twice another.
3.empirical
based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.
e.g. "they provided considerable empirical evidence to support their argument"
synonyms: experiential, practical, heuristic, firsthand, hands-on; More
4.carry out
Complete activity
Phrases
carry into effect (achieve)
carry one's point (to accomplish one's object, as in a controversy.）
5.pick holes in
to find mistakes in something or someone ha said or done, to show that it is not good or correct
e.g. The lawyer picked holes in the witness's story.
6.speculative
forming conclusions not based on fact: given to forming conclusions or opinions that are not based on the fact
7.deflect
cause (something) to change direction by interposing something; turn aside from a straight course.
e.g. "the bullet was deflected harmlessly into the ceiling"
synonyms: turn aside/away, divert, avert, sidetrack; More
(of an object) change direction after hitting something.
e.g. "the ball deflected off his body"synonyms: bounce, glance, ricochet, carom; More
cause (someone) to deviate from an intended purpose.
e.g. "she refused to be deflected from anything she had set her mind on"
8.bounce back
recover quickly: to recover quickly and completely after a bad experience
9.foil
a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
10.as though
like
11.compelling
holding attention: attracting strong interest and attention
e.g. a compelling movie about human relationships
making somebody do something: necessitating action or belief
e.g. I felt a compelling need to explain my actions.
some very compelling arguments
12.bring an entire theory crashing down
13.but almost every advance depends in some measure on previous work and theories
In some measure 多少，稍稍
14.as a result we remember him to this day
to this day 至今
15.inspire rapid advances
16.alchemy
the medieval forerunner of chemistry, based on the supposed transformation of matter. It was concerned particularly with attempts to convert base metals into gold or to find a universal elixir.
17.weaken the monopoly
18.exquisite illustrations
19.quash
put an end to; suppress.
e.g. "a hospital executive quashed rumors that nursing staff will lose jobs"
synonyms: put an end to, put a stop to, stamp out, crush, put down, check, curb, nip in the bud, squash, quell, subdue, suppress, extinguish, stifle; More
20.Then in 1687 came what many view as the most important science book of all time
Day2:
Day3:
This introduction pinpoints the essence of science at the very beginning, which is to search for the truth. Then it uses a famous story to transition the topic smoothly to the scientific method.
The scientific methods are simple. Through Hypothesizing and experimenting, many theories has been proven to be true.
But the proceeding of science is complex. New ideas were developed in some measure according to the previous work. Old dots were connecte to generate the new ideas.
Ideas were formed by a great many scientists. The scientists from east and west developed many theories that are remembered even to this day.
A new chapter of science was brought with the publications of books in analogy, biology, chenmistry, physics and astronomy, shaping a prototype for the modern science.
The introduction further describes the uncertainties and infinities of the universe, the progress we've made in explaining the secrets of life.
This introduction concerns with a wide range of subjects in the definition of science. The most classical examples are used to illustrate the development of science. Moreover, it arouses the readers' interest to learn about the contents in this book, which will bring them into a fresh new world of science.