BREAKING THE SCIENCE BARRIER
How to Explore and Understand the Sciences
Chapter 2. The Vocabularies of Science
If you approach the vocabularies of science the way you study new words in other subjects, you will fall short of understanding. The student who comes to college used to studying by memorizing terms may have some adjusting to do.
Many terms in science are just as universal as mathematical expressions. They are the same in all languages and do not have to be translated.
Experts disagree as to whether language precedes thought or thought
precedes language, but no one doubts that the mastery of a new
vocabulary gives a person access to, and the means of organizing,
ever more complex ideas. When your science vocabulary is in place,
that is, when you are familiar with the terms, mathematical relationships,
and visual images that anchor the concepts you are learning, you
will find your mental world expanding. You will think thoughts
you've never thought before. And when you try to tell someone
else what you are thinking, they will understand! As this happens more and more...
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