Science

Science is concerted sophontic effort to understand, or to understand better the physical and natural worlds through observation, predictions, and experiments.

• Scientific research and study is quantified through the use of metrics.
• It can also refer to a systematically organized body of knowledge on a particular subject.
• Please also see Science & Research in Charted Space.

Description (Specifications)

Science is the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural worlds through observation and experiment.

• It is quantified through the use of metrics.

NBIC Technologies

• NBIC & COMPUTERS
  • N - Nano Science / Nanotechnology (Nano-)
  • B - Biology / Biotechnology (Bio-)
  • I - Information Technology (Info-)
  • C - Cognitive Science / Cybertechnology / (Cogno-)

History & Background (Dossier)

Science is not just a step-by-step approach to discovery. Science is more like a mystery inviting anyone who is interested to become a detective and join in the fun. Curious sophonts continue to explore the universe and have done so for millennia.

Projected Knowledge Development Sequence

• Curiosity → Sophonce → Belief → Science → Research → Technology → Omnipotence → Singularity

Selected Scientific Fields of Interest

1. Archaeology
2. Architecture
3. Artificial Intelligence
4. Astrography
5. Astronomy
6. Astrophysics
7. Biology
8. Biotechnology
9. Chemistry
10. Cloning
11. Cognitive Science
12. Computer Technology
13. Cosmology
14. Cosmology
15. Cybertechnology
16. Ecology
17. Economics
18. Engineering
19. Ethology
20. Ethnography
21. Ethnology
22. Exobiochemistry
23. Exobiology
24. Genetic Engineering
25. Gravitics
26. Information Technology
27. Linguistics
28. Materials Technology
29. Mathematics
30. Metempsychology
31. Nano Science
32. Nanotechnology
33. Neurotechnology
34. Physics
35. Physiology
36. Pocket Universes
37. Psionicology (Psionics)
38. Psychohistory
39. Psychology
40. Robotics
41. Sociology
42. Sophontology
43. Taxonomy
44. Technology
45. Taxonomy
46. Trophics
47. Uplift
48. Vulcanology
49. Xenoarchaeology
50. Xenolinguistics
51. Xenology

References & Contributors (Sources)

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Mongoose Publishing or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.

• Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science