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Main article: Science See also: Index of science articles and List of science topicsScience in the broadest sense refers to any system of objective knowledge. In a more restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on the scientific method, as well as to the organised body of knowledge humans have gained by such research.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to science:
Essence of science
- Main article: Science
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Branches or types of science
Empirical science (typically what is meant by the word "science"). The two main branches of science are:
- Natural science - studies natural phenomena, including biological life
- Social science - studies human behavior and societies
Scientific fields
Main article: Fields of scienceNatural sciences
Main article: Natural sciencesBiology (aka Biological science)
Main articles: Biology and List of biology disciplines- Biochemistry
- Biophysics
- Botany
- Cellular biology
- Ecology
- Medicine
- Microbiology
- Molecular biology
- Physiology
- Zoology
Physical sciences
Main article: Physical scienceSocial sciences
Main article: Social sciences
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Formal sciences
Main article: Formal science- Logic - see the List of basic topics in logic
- Mathematics - sometimes referred to as the "third science". See the List of basic mathematics topics
- and the theoretical branches of
Applied sciences
Main article: Applied sciences- Engineering - see the List of basic engineering topics
- Technology - see the List of basic technology topics
History of science
- Main article: History of science
General science concepts
Biological terms
- Underlying and unifying principles of the biological sciences:
Famous scientists
- Main list: List of scientists
- Aristotle
- Archimedes
- Andreas Vesalius
- Nicolaus Copernicus
- Galileo Galilei
- Johannes Kepler
- René Descartes
- Isaac Newton
- Leonhard Euler
- Pierre-Simon Laplace
- Alexander von Humboldt
- Charles Darwin
- James Clerk Maxwell
- Marie Curie
- Albert Einstein
- Linus Pauling
- John Bardeen
- Frederick Sanger
Science lists
- Main article: List of science topics
See also
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