The science-technology cycle: from X-ray diffraction, radiation detectors and the Large Hadron Collider to microscopes, radiotherapy, GM crops and earthquake-resistant buildings

What this note covers

1. A continuous cycle: what the syllabus means
2. Technology driving theory: X-ray diffraction and DNA
3. Technology driving theory: detecting radiation and atomic theory
4. Technology driving theory: the LHC, the Higgs boson and Earth models
5. Theory driving technology: optics, radioactivity, DNA and Newton
6. Exam technique: extended responses on the cycle

6 sections · 11 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes