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Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning "knowledge") is, in its broadest sense, any systematic knowledge that is capable of resulting in a correct prediction or reliable outcome. In this sense, science may refer to a highly skilled technique, technology, or practice. In today's more restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on scientific method, and to the organized body of knowledge gained through such research. It is a "systematic enterprise of gathering knowledge about the world and organizing and condensing that knowledge into testable laws and theories". This article focuses upon science in this more restricted sense, sometimes called experimental science, and also gives some broader historical context leading up to the modern understanding of the word "science." From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment, "science" had more-or-less the same sort of very broad meaning in English that "philosophy" had at that time. By the early 1800s, "natural philosophy" (which eventually evolved into what is today called "natural science") had begun to separate from "philosophy" in general. In many cases, "science" continued to stand for reliable knowledge about any topic, in the same way it is still used in the broad sense in modern terms such as library science, political science, and computer science. In the more narrow sense of "science" today, as natural philosophy became linked to an expanding set of well-defined laws (beginning with Galileo's laws, Kepler's laws, and Newton's laws for motion), it became more common to refer to natural philosophy as "natural science". Over the course of the 1800s, the word "science" become increasingly associated mainly with the disciplined study of the natural world (that is, the non-human world). This sometimes left the study of human thought and society in a linguistic limbo, which has today been resolved by classifying these areas of study as the social sciences. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License SCIENCe........? Q. give me three kinds of bacteria that causes diseases and name me one kind of protist that causes disease and leave links that would be helpfull if you want 10pts Asked by Go HaBs 2009! - Mon Apr 14 18:37:33 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. The Centers for Disease Control website has a list of diseases caused by bacteria (fungi are included in this list, so you have to pay attention). Some of the most familiar examples are: Bacillus anthracis causes anthrax Clostridium botulinum causes botulism Vibrio cholerae causes cholera Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax are two types of protists that cause malaria. Answered by brainybroad269 - Tue Apr 15 12:28:24 2008 How can we make science education easier and more interesting for American students? Q. I'm a soon-to-be US college graduate, and I've been thinking about the fact that many of the high-demand jobs out there (medicine, nursing, engineering) are very science-based. However, I am getting out with a liberal arts degree, and even as a child I'd found science subjects to be immensely difficult. There was too much memorization, it seemed so arcane and boring, and required intense study for long long periods of time. How can we make science easier for young people today? Asked by Samian's Fifteenth Account - Wed Aug 12 03:54:18 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. Bill Nye the Science guy!! Answered by smile! - Wed Aug 12 04:00:50 2009 What would be the difference between a Social science degree and a Psychology degree?
Q. Here where I live Socialologists and Psychologists work with Counselling. They have either a Bachelor in Social Science, or a Bachelor in Behavioural Science. (and some usually only have a Diploma in Social Science/Counselling). What is the difference between a counsellor with a Psychology degree than one with a Social Science degree? Asked by James McIntosh - Tue Jul 20 00:46:34 2010 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. Well, for one thing Social Science is a broad term that refers to the study of any social phenomena or behavior. Political Science, Economics, Gender Studies, Geography even...all of these may be considered social sciences...but they aren't necessarily behavioral sciences. Psychology, Anthropology, and Sociology are the three big behavioral sciences (some people include economics but I don't). So if you have a behavioral science degree, it usually means that you have a broad range of studies in all three of these areas without focusing on one specific discipline. So the primary difference between a counselor with a Behavioral Science vs. a Psychology degree is just area of focus. If you are asking which is better...at the bachelors… [cont.] Answered by Kyle K - Tue Jul 20 01:05:50 2010 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Science" ScienceFrom Wikiquote Jump to: navigation, search There's real poetry in the real world. Science is the poetry of reality -- Richard DawkinsScience 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 organized body of knowledge humans have gained by such research. ContentsFrom Wikiquote under the GNU Free Documentation License. [ A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z ]
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