WIY, Rambam says at the beginning of Moreh Nevuchim that it is obligatory to study science in order to gain a greater appreciation of Hashem and to prepare the mind to learn Tora.
Lev, those are halachic terms, not scientific terms.Nobody today denies that many scientific statements in the Gemara are incorrect scientifically.The arguement is whether they meant them literally or metaphorically.