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"The method of scientific
investigation is nothing but the expression of the necessary
mode of working of the human mind."
Thomas Henry Huxley (1863)
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THE HUMAN BRAIN
FOCUSING ON THE HUMAN BRAIN AND
BODY |
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THE HUMAN WORLD
FOCUSING ON THE OBJECTS OF MAN'S
CREATION |
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THE NATURAL WORLD
FOCUSING ON THE WORLD BEYOND
MAN'S OWN |
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Traditional academic curricula divide our understanding of the world
into seemingly independent, and discrete, spheres of information. Biology
and physics. Chemistry and astronomy. While doing so makes this information
easier to communicate - and thus, teach; it also perpetuates the misimpression that science is a
subject which may be memorized - as opposed to an understanding
which must be challenged and explored.
It is in the interest of encouraging such challenge and exploration
that we have sought to produce not simply an open scientific curriculum,
but an open research-based scientific
curriculum. A curriculum which doesn't simply present what we
know, but presents the limits of what
we understand and addresses the questions:
What do we believe?
and
Why do we believe it?
The three sub-projects that this curriculum will be distributed between
are The Human Brain Project (which will focus upon the human body), The Human
World Project (which will focus upon the world that man has created), and The
Natural World Project (which will focus upon the world that exists independent
of man's creation).
For more information on these projects, click on the three sub-project headings in the
menu (left):
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OUR PROJECTS
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THE HUMAN BRAIN PROJECT
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CORE AREAS OF STUDY
HUMAN ANATOMY | HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
This initiative strives
to create a research-based neuroscience
curriculum that examines the structure and function
of the human brain. As this organ does not
exist independently of the numerous other organs
and systems that are contained within the human
body, however, this curriculum will - ultimately - include
discussions of all of these parallel
structures and systems that both serve, and are
themselves served, by the human brain.
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OUR PROJECTS
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THE HUMAN WORLD PROJECT
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CORE AREAS OF STUDY
ANTHROPOLOGY | LINGUISTICS | ENGINEERING
AND TECHNOLOGY
This
initiative strives to create a research-based
curriculum that examines the development of
individual human societies, and the technological,
cultural, and economic systems that have arisen from
within, or were introduced from without, each. |
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OUR PROJECTS
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THE NATURAL WORLD PROJECT
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CORE AREAS OF STUDY
ANIMAL POPULATION DYNAMICS | CLIMATE CHANGE | BIOLOGY | ASTRONOMY
This
initiative strives to create a research-based
curriculum that examines the natural history of the
natural world by discussing the meteorological,
astronomical, biological, and geological systems
that have shaped its course. While the
boundaries between man and nature have
grown increasingly indistinct as a result of the
influence that human innovation has had upon them; this
initiative shall, wherever necessary, interlink with
discussions presented within The Human World Project
in order to provide a comprehensive examination of
each mode of interaction and influence. |
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