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Revision as of 21:45, 26 March 2019

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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.

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.

Projected Knowledge Development Sequence

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.

Selected Scientific Fields of Interest

  1. Archaeology
  2. Architecture
  3. Artificial Intelligence
  4. Astrography
  5. Astronomy
  6. Astrophysics
  7. Biology
  8. Chemistry
  9. Cloning
  10. Computer Technology
  11. Cosmology
  12. Cosmology
  13. Ecology
  14. Engineering
  15. Ethology
  16. Ethnology
  17. Exobiochemistry
  18. Exobiology
  19. Genetic Engineering
  20. Gravitics
  21. Linguistics
  22. Materials Technology
  23. Mathematics
  24. Metempsychology
  25. Physics
  26. Physiology
  27. Pocket Universes
  28. Psionicology (Psionics)
  29. Psychohistory
  30. Psychology
  31. Robotics
  32. Sociology
  33. Sophontology
  34. Taxonomy
  35. Technology
  36. Taxonomy
  37. Tropics
  38. Uplift
  39. Vulcanology
  40. Xenoarchaeology
  41. Xenolinguistics
  42. 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 Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.