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. Eugenics
23. Exobiochemistry
24. Exobiology
25. Genetic Engineering
26. Gravitics
27. Information Technology
28. Linguistics
29. Materials Technology
30. Mathematics
31. Metempsychology
32. Nano Science
33. Nanotechnology
34. Neurotechnology
35. Physics
36. Physiology
37. Pocket Universes
38. Psionicology (Psionics)
39. Psychohistory
40. Psychology
41. Robotics
42. Sociology
43. Sophontology
44. Taxonomy
45. Technology
46. Taxonomy
47. Trophics
48. Uplift
49. Vulcanology
50. Xenoarchaeology
51. Xenolinguistics
52. 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.

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