GEO 102 1nd Edition Lecture 2 Outline of Last Lecture I. What is Science Outline of Current Lecture II. Peer ReviewIII.PublishingIV. Big PointsCurrent LecturePeer Review-All science is reviewed by other scientists often before and always after publication.-All humans make mistakes and such, so we rely on competition to fuel the drive to check and over turn each other’s work.-Science that is not published is worthless-Best way to figure out what’s valuable and what’s not-Helps make the science in science journals fundamentally sound.-Peer review happens with grants too. Constantly searching for grants.-Very competitive. Always rejected with changes.-Once published it is still peer reviewed.Publishing-journals-not like magazines at all-probably have no seen one-all are competitive to get intoThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.-Conferences-less important than papers-books-more used to educate non scientists-can be viewed as an open, continuous debateBig Points-Science is a practical method of understanding nature-foundation of the modern world economy, government, etc..-based on assumptions, data, experimentation, and conceptual models-conducted as an open and rigorous debate-funding-products of science:-publications-databases-applications-careers-geology is among the most practical of sciences -Science can never prove truth-science proves
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