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Natural science: The study of nature using the scientific method. [e]
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Parent topics
- Science [r]: The organized body of knowledge based on non–trivial refutable concepts that can be verified or rejected on the base of observation and experimentation [e]
- Nature [r]: The physical world. [e]
Subtopics
Major areas
- Physics [r]: The study of forces and energies in space and time. [e]
- Chemistry [r]: The science of matter, or of the electrical or electrostatical interactions of matter. [e]
- Biology [r]: The science of life — of complex, self-organizing, information-processing systems living in the past, present or future. [e]
- Astronomy [r]: The study of objects and processes in the observable universe, e.g. stars, planets, comets or asteroids. [e]
- Earth science [r]: The study of the components and processes of the planet Earth. [e]
- Mathematics [r]: The study of quantities, structures, their relations, and changes thereof. [e]
- Natural philosophy [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Natural history [r]: The study of natural objects or organisms often relating to biology. [e]
- Applied science [r]: Application of scientific theory to real world processes. [e]
- Health science [r]: The helping professions that use applied science to improve health and to treat disease. [e]
- Geology [r]: The scientific study of the structure and composition of the earth's crust and its changes over time. [e]