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Discovery Science

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Computational science; Data-intensive science; Information literacy; Scientific computing

Technological advances over the last several decades have disrupted the very nature of our day-to-day lives, as well as scientific research. Grand challenges facing society drive research and education to address questions that require intensive computation and data analysis. Such grand challenges include:

  • What is the impact of global and regional climate changes?

  • Can carbon dioxide be safely sequestered to minimize the release of greenhouse gases?

  • How can we better predict and plan for natural disasters (earthquakes, tsunamis, wildfires, avalanches)?

  • How can breakthroughs in genetics be used to cure/fight cancer and other diseases?

  • What is the structure of the Milky Way galaxy?

As a result new paradigms of science have emerged. The empirical method, the application of experimental data to predict and describe natural phenomena, arrived on the scene 3,000–4,000 years ago and was evident...

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  1. College of Education, Georgia Southern University, 8134, Statesboro, GA, 30460, USA

    Robert Mayes

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Avenue, 82071, Laramie, WY, USA

    Bryan Shader

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  1. Monash University Fac. Education, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

    Richard Gunstone

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Mayes, R., Shader, B. (2013). Discovery Science. In: Gunstone, R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Science Education. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6165-0_242-4

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