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<p><span style="font-size:16px"><strong>Science</strong></span><span style="font-size:14px"> (from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_language" title="Latin language">Latin</a> <em>scientia</em>, meaning "knowledge") is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge" title="Knowledge">knowledge</a> in the form of testable <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explanation" title="Explanation">explanations</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predictions" title="Predictions">predictions</a> about the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe" title="Universe">universe</a>.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science#cite_note-4">[a]</a></sup></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px">Contemporary science is typically subdivided into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_science" title="Natural science">natural sciences</a> which study <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature" title="Nature">nature</a> in the broadest sense, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_sciences" title="Social sciences">social sciences</a> which study people and societies, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal_sciences" title="Formal sciences">formal sciences</a> like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics" title="Mathematics">mathematics</a> which study abstract concepts. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px">Some do not consider formal sciences to be true science as theories within these <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discipline_(academia)" title="Discipline (academia)">disciplines</a> cannot be tested with physical observations, although others dispute this view. Either way, mathematics is a crucial tool for modern science and nowadays all science students need to take at least some basic mathematics courses during their studies. Disciplines which use science like engineering and medicine may also be considered to be <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applied_sciences" title="Applied sciences">applied sciences</a>.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science#cite_note-7">[6]</a></sup> Science is related to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research" title="Research">research</a>, and is normally organized by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University" title="University">university</a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College" title="College">college</a>, or a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_institute" title="Research institute">research institute</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px">From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_antiquity" title="Classical antiquity">classical antiquity</a> through the 19th century, science as a type of knowledge was more closely linked to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">philosophy</a> than it is now and, in fact, in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_World" title="Western World">West</a> the term "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_philosophy" title="Natural philosophy">natural philosophy</a>" encompassed fields of study that are today associated with science such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics" title="Physics">physics</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy" title="Astronomy">astronomy</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine" title="Medicine">medicine</a>, among many others.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science#cite_note-8">[7]</a></sup><sup>:3</sup><sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science#cite_note-9">[b]</a></sup> In the 17th and 18th centuries scientists increasingly sought to formulate knowledge in terms of <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_laws" title="Physical laws">laws of nature</a></em>. As a slow process over centuries, the word "science" became increasingly associated with what is today known as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method" title="Scientific method">scientific method</a>, a structured way to study the natural world.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:14px">Contemporary science is typically subdivided into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_science" title="Natural science">natural sciences</a> which study <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature" title="Nature">nature</a> in the broadest sense, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_sciences" title="Social sciences">social sciences</a> which study people and societies, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal_sciences" title="Formal sciences">formal sciences</a> like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics" title="Mathematics">mathematics</a> which study abstract concepts. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px">Some do not consider formal sciences to be true science as theories within these <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discipline_(academia)" title="Discipline (academia)">disciplines</a> cannot be tested with physical observations, although others dispute this view. Either way, mathematics is a crucial tool for modern science and nowadays all science students need to take at least some basic mathematics courses during their studies. Disciplines which use science like engineering and medicine may also be considered to be <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applied_sciences" title="Applied sciences">applied sciences</a>.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science#cite_note-7">[6]</a></sup> Science is related to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research" title="Research">research</a>, and is normally organized by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University" title="University">university</a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College" title="College">college</a>, or a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_institute" title="Research institute">research institute</a>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14px">From <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_antiquity" title="Classical antiquity">classical antiquity</a> through the 19th century, science as a type of knowledge was more closely linked to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">philosophy</a> than it is now and, in fact, in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_World" title="Western World">West</a> the term "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_philosophy" title="Natural philosophy">natural philosophy</a>" encompassed fields of study that are today associated with science such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics" title="Physics">physics</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy" title="Astronomy">astronomy</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine" title="Medicine">medicine</a>, among many others.<sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science#cite_note-8">[7]</a></sup><sup>:3</sup><sup><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science#cite_note-9">[b]</a></sup> In the 17th and 18th centuries scientists increasingly sought to formulate knowledge in terms of <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_laws" title="Physical laws">laws of nature</a></em>. As a slow process over centuries, the word "science" became increasingly associated with what is today known as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method" title="Scientific method">scientific method</a>, a structured way to study the natural world.</span></p>
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