what's the difference between science and art in terms of theory and practice?
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Art is a an arbitrary enterprise. Evaluations of qualtity are subjective according to veyr differetn standards. The best sort of sculpture (or painting or carving or music or...) depends entirely on cultural context. Inca carvings are rather different that Aztec carvings than Maya carvings than golden age Greek sculpture than Rodin than Henry Moore. Indian music is quite different than European music, and European music changed a great deal over time. Nearly all of Schoenberg would have been entirely unacceptable in 1700 or 1800 and indeed was only marginally acceptable when it was written. On the other hand, Gregorian chant of 1100CE isn't thought an acceptable form in the 21st century for an ambitious composer.\n\n\nOn the other hand, science is quite different. The theory which actually predicts the motion of a cannon ball will be the same in ancient India as in modern North America. Any theory which suggests that cannon balls move in straight lines won't produce accurate aiming. \n\nThe difference is not only in procedure, but also in the result produced. Science is concerned with producing theories which correspond with reality. So a theory suggests that such and such will happen (ie, cannon balls travel in straight lines) and a test of it will show that the theory is wrong. An improved theory will have to be closer to the observed reality. No person's opinion is of any significance in comparison to an actual test of a theory in deciding whether this or that theory should be taken seriously. the sequence of theory, prediction, experimental test, and acceptance of theory, while in art, the acceptability of work can be appreciated/evaluated without any testing whatever.
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Since sw development is generally more art than science, I expect testing would be as well. Why the distinction?\n\nThe science of SW testing has to do with objective measurements such as functional cases completed, number of issues raised, percentage of application functions excercised.\n\nThe art part of SW testing involves finding critical dependencies, race conditions, and exception conditions. Since anyone can test the Cow Path of normal program functions, the art of SW testing is a more advanced skill.\n\nLastly, don't listen to developers who won't test -- they're idiots. Our best developers are our best testers since they know where the stress points are and find high severity issues more quickly reliably. The SW industry needs to figure out testing is more advanced than developing -- manufacturing learned that a long time ago.
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Engineers have science degrees as do scientist so the difference is mainly in their course work in college and their intended work after graduation.  A scientist (pure or applied) tries to discover and document the physical phenomena under study in a lab to expand knowledge or to permit others to apply the science, respectively.\n\nAn engineer is an applied scientist in the field and uses technology to design and build physical structures.\n\nBoth scientists and engineers may conduct research in a lab but their objectives may be quite different.  For example, a scientist may wish to learn how and why materials corode while an engineer may wish to discover which paint will do tthe best job in preventing corrosion before painting a fleet of trucks.
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None really - science is a methodology.  The scientists might have faith in all sorts of things -but science itself does not.
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Depends on your mode of thinking.  If you feel that there should be a disconnect between the art and the audience, then film is the highest form.  If you feel there should be a connection between the artistic creator(s) and the art's audience, then theatre is the highest form.\n\nI say this because these two art forms incorporate all the classical aspects of art and pull them (or at least try to) into a cohesive vision.
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When scientists make observations, they attempt to explain what is happening through a hypothesis. B/c it is a best educated "guess" it has to be tested over & over again.\n\nA theory, on the otherhand, is well-tested & widely accepted by members of the scientific community. Well-tested means that it has been tested time & time again w/ the same end result each time.
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Hypothesis: This is an educated guess based upon observation. It is a rational explanation of a single event or phenomenon based upon what is observed, but which has not been proved. Most hypotheses can be supported or refuted by experimentation or continued observation. \n\nTheory: A theory is an explanation of a set of related observations or events based upon proven hypotheses and verified multiple times by detached groups of researchers. One scientist cannot create a theory; he can only create a hypothesis.
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They are both a bachelor's degree and are therefore viewed the same. Your major determines which one you will be awarded upon graduation. History and education both fall into the arts category.
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Application of science is technology. This is fundamental fact. While science is always advantageous, the application of science, that is technology, can be either advantageous, or otherwise, depending on the purpose of the application---constructive or destructive. For example, nuclear energy can be used consructively for power generation, medical purposes etc., it can be used destructively as nuclear bombs.
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difference between master of science & master of engineering in chemical engineering\n\nmaster of science--->deal with classical science.focus more on  laws,theorms and postulations that were formulated by scientists and how they proved such things.\n\nengineering---> deal with application of such theorms and laws in practise to contructive work in real world.
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THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE.\nDeming emphasized that knowledge is not possible without theory, and experience alone does not establish a theory. Experience only describes—it cannot be tested or validated—and alone is no help for management. Theory, on the other hand, shows a cause-and-effect relationship that can be used for prediction. There is a lesson here for the widespread benchmarking practices: copying only an example of success, without understanding it in theory, may not lead to success, but could lead to disaster.
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None of these are theories.  You are listing technologies, or areas of scientific inquiry in the case of stem cell research and genetic research.\n\nIf you mean to ask for a critique of each of these (e.g. how should the technologies be used, or how should these subjects be studied, if at all) I think it would be best to pose each question individually!  They are not really related in any way.
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Science is a method involving making assumptions and proving them right or wrong based upon the gathering of data.\nScientists are people who use this method to understand the physical universe and discover new information which can be used by others.\nScience itself has improved nothing.  Scientists have developed many things which help us in our day to day lives.  You do not need me to make this list.
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The art of teaching is simply~pedagogy.  Thus, pedagogy is the art of teaching.   You can interchange the the pedagogy definitions for teaching as an art.\nEffectiveness, active learning, love of teaching, awareness of the needs of the students, knowledge (distinctive bodies of knowledge) and overall use correct teaching strategies.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedagogy
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I would have to say physics, especially for a theoreticist.. If you ask me, physics has a purity to it that is not present in anything called engineering...
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Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.\n\n\nTo punish me for my contempt of authority, Fate has made me an authority myself."
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Read both would be my advise. They are both such different things.\nComics can have great artwork!