Science

:For the scientific journal named Science, see Science Magazine.

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Science refers to either:

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• Reasoned investigation or study of nature, aimed at finding out the truth. Such an investigation is normally felt to be necessarily methodical, or according to scientific method – a process for evaluating empirical knowledge; or
• The organized body of knowledge gained by such research.

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Science is knowledge or a system of knowledge covering general truths or the operation of general laws especially as obtained and tested through the scientific method. Scientific knowledge relies heavily upon logic.

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Areas of science may be classified in two major dimensions:

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• Pure (the development of theories) versus Applied (the application of theories to human needs); or
• Natural (the study of the naturally occurring world) versus Social (the study of human behaviour and society).

Less formally, the word science often covers any systematic field of study or the knowledge gained from it. This article concentrates on the more specific definition.

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(Latin: scientia, knowledge)

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