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根据以下材料，回答题Whatisthenatureofthescientificattitude,theattitudeofthemanorwomanwhostudiesandappliesphysics,biology,chemistry,geology,engineering,medicineoranyotherscience?
Weallknowthatscienceplaysanimportantroleinoursocieties.However,manypeoplebelievethatourprogressdependsontwodifferentaspectsofscience.Thefirstaspectistheapplicationof
themachines,productsandsystemsofknowledgethatscientistsandtechnologistsdevelop.Thesecondistheapplicationofthespecialmethodsofthoughtandactionthatscientistsuseintheir
work.
Whatarethesespecialmethodsofthinkingandacting?Firstofall,itseemsthatasuccessfulscientistiscurious--hewantstofindouthowandwhytheuniverseworks.Heusuallypaysattentiontoproblemswhichhenoticeshavenosatisfyingexplanation,andlooksforrelationshipsevenifthedataavailable
seemtobeunconnected.Moreover,hethinkshecani~nprovetheexistingconditionsandenjoystryingtosolvetheproblemswhichthisinvolves.
Heisagoodobserver,accurate,patientandobjectiveandusesthefactsheobservestotheful-lest.Forexample,trainedobserversobtainaverylargeamountofinformationaboutastarmainlyfromtheaccurateanalysisofthesimplelinesthatappearinaspectrum.
Hedoesnotacceptstatementswhicharenotbasedonthemostcompleteevidenceavailable.Herejectsauthorityastheonlybasisfortruth.Scientistsalwayscheckstatementsandmake
experimentscarefullyandobjectively.
Furthermore,hedoesnotreadilyaccepthisownidea,sinceheknowsthatmanistheleastreli-ableofscientificinstrumentsandthatanumberoffactorstendtodisturbobjectiveinvestigation.
Lastly,heisfullofimaginationsinceheoftenhastolookforrelationshipsindatawhicharenotonlycomplexbutalsofrequentlyincomplete.Furthermore,heneedsimaginationifhewantstoguess
howprocessesworkandhoweventstakeplace.
Theseseemtobesomeofthewaysinwhichasuccessfulscientistortechnologistthinksandacts.
Manypeoplebelievethatsciencehelpssocietytoprogressthrough__________. A．knowledgeonly
B．morethanoneaspect
C．technologyonly
D．theuseofmachines
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