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In recent years, "follow the science" has been a popular catchphrase but what does it mean? What is "the science"? This course discusses the scientific foundations of the modern world and how we as informed citizens can best approach the weighty decisions that the modern world demands.

This course provides an introduction to the Linux operating system, the LaTeX typesetting language, and the Python programming language for majors in the sciences with little to no programming experience. An understanding of Newtonian physics and mathematics at the level of trigonometry is expected.