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Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought. — Albert Szent-Györgyi in Irving Good’s The Scientist Speculates
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Introduction1
Reactions (American Chemical Society, YouTube Channel)
Reactions (American Chemical Society, Official Website)
Dictionary
discovery : the act of making known or visible —
Merriam-Webster See also OneLook
Thesaurus
Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Visuwords
Encyclopedia
Discovery is the act of detecting something new, or something “old” that had been unrecognized as meaningful. With reference to sciences and academic disciplines, discovery is the observation of new phenomena, new actions, or new events and providing new reasoning to explain the knowledge gathered through such observations with previously acquired knowledge from abstract thought and everyday experiences. A discovery may sometimes be based on earlier discoveries, collaborations, or ideas. Some discoveries represent a radical breakthrough in knowledge or technology. — Wikipedia
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Adventures
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Inspiration
Talks about Discovery (TED: Ideas Worth Spreading)
Articles about Discovery (Big Think)
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Preservation
History
Beyond Discovery (National Academy of Sciences)
Terrae Incognitae (Society for the History of Discoveries)
Discovery (World History Encyclopedia)
Quotation
If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run – and often in the short one – the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative. — Arthur C. Clarke, The Exploration of Space
Museum
Museum of Discovery and Science (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
Museum of Discovery and Science (YouTube Channel)
Museum of Discovery and Science (Wikipedia)
Museum of Discovery (Little Rock, AK)
Museum of Discovery (YouTube Channel)
Museum of Discovery (Wikipedia)
Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose (San Jose, CA)
Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose (YouTube Channel)
Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose (Wikipedia)
Library
DDC: 509 Discoveries (Library Thing)
Subject: Discoveries (Library Thing)
Subject: Discoveries (Open Library)
LCC: Q 175 Discoveries (UPenn Online Books)
LCC: Q 175 Discoveries (Library of Congress)
Subject: Discoveries (Library of Congress)
Subject: Discoveries (WorldCat)
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Education
Discovery learning is a technique of inquiry-based learning and is considered a constructivist based approach to education. It is also referred to as problem-based learning, experiential learning and 21st century learning. It is supported by the work of learning theorists and psychologists Jean Piaget, Jerome Bruner, and Seymour Papert. — Wikipedia
Discovery learning is a technique of inquiry-based learning and is considered a constructivist based approach to education. It is also referred to as problem-based learning, experiential learning and 21st century learning. It is supported by the work of learning theorists and psychologists Jean Piaget, Jerome Bruner, and Seymour Papert. — Wikipedia
Jerome (Jerry) Seymour Bruner: Biographical Memoir (Howard Gardner, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society)
The Process of Education (Jerome S. Bruner)
Jerome Bruner (Encyclopædia Britannica)
Guided Discovery Problems (Teach the Earth, National Association of Geoscience Teachers)
MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources
Community
Occupation
Scientists (US Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (US Occupational Outlook Handbook)
Careers in Science (PBS Learning Media)
News
Discoveries (JSTOR)
Discover Magazine
Journeys of Discovery (Tom Wilmer, NPR)
Discoveries (NPR Archives)
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Expression
The intellect has little to do on the road to discovery. There comes a leap in consciousness, call it intuition or what you will, and the solution comes to you and you don”t know why or how. — Albert Einstein
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