SETI
SETI
(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) is an attempt to detect
technological civilizations elsewhere in the universe,
particularly in our galaxy. Billions of places outside our solar
system may host life, that we could discover, if it has developed to
a technological level at least as advanced as our own.
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Radio Astronomy
Radio Astronomy is the study of the Universe and astrophysical
phenomena, by examining their emission of
electromagnetic radiation
in the radio portion of the spectrum.
Radio astronomy has greatly improved our understanding of the evolution
of stars, the structure of galaxies, and the origin of the universe.
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Computer
Generally, a computer is any electronic data-processing device that performs tasks,
such as mathematical calculations or electronic communication, under the control of
a set of instructions called a program.
Programs usually reside within the computer's main memory and are retrieved and
processed by the computer's electronics, and the program results are stored or
routed to output devices, such as video display monitors or printers.
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Scientific Method
Science is the objective pursuit of reliable knowledge.
Although one might "know" something through authority, faith, or intuition,
scientific method is distinct in that it must be possible for other
investigators to ascertain the truth of scientific theories.
Its founded on objective observation,
the formulation of hypotheses that fit the data and predict other posibilities,
repeatable experiments that can fail as well as succeed,
and analysis and review by the scientific community.
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Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of numbers, sets of points, and various
abstract elements, together with relations between them
and operations performed on them.
Originally mathematics was concerned with the properties of numbers and
space, as the science of quantity, whether of magnitudes, as in geometry,
or of numbers, as in arithmetic, or the generalization of these two fields,
as in algebra.
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Archaeology
Archaeology is the science of unearthing sites containing remains of ancient habitation,
with the goal of learning about culture, society, ecology, intellectual life and beliefs;
modern archaeology employs the tools of history, anthropology, geology, and biology
to recover the hidden past.
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