what is science?

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Answer 1

Science in the broadest sense refers to any system of objective knowledge. In a more restricted sense, science refers to a system of acquiring knowledge based on the scientific method, as well as to the organized body of knowledge humans have gained by such research.

And the Scientific method is a body of techniques for investigating phenomena and acquiring new knowledge, as well as for correcting and integrating previous knowledge. It is based on gathering observable, empirical, measurable evidence, subject to the principles of reasoning.

Although procedures vary from one field of inquiry to another, there are identifiable features that distinguish scientific inquiry from other methods of developing knowledge. Scientific researchers propose specific hypotheses as explanations of natural phenomena, and design experimental studies that test these predictions for accuracy. These steps are repeated in order to make increasingly dependable predictions of future results. Theories that encompass wider domains of inquiry serve to bind more specific hypotheses together in a coherent structure. This in turn aids in the formation of new hypotheses, as well as in placing groups of specific hypotheses into a broader context of understanding.

Among other facets shared by the various fields of inquiry is the conviction that the process must be objective so that the scientist does not bias the interpretation of the results or change the results outright. Another basic expectation is that of making complete documentation of data and methodology available for careful scrutiny by other scientists and researchers, thereby allowing other researchers the opportunity to verify results by attempted reproduction of them. This also allows statistical measures of the reliability of the results to be established. The scientific method also may involve attempts, if possible and appropriate, to achieve control over the factors involved in the area of inquiry, which may in turn be manipulated to test new hypotheses in order to gain further knowledge.

Answer 2

This is a single line definition from Wikipedia
"Science in the broadest sense refers to any system of objective knowledge."
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Answer 3

Science is the way of thinking logically.

Answer 4

a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics"
skill: ability to produce solutions in some problem domain; "the skill of a well-trained boxer"; "the sweet science of pugilism"

Answer 5

science is fact based theories based on the 5 human senses.

Answer 6

It really means knowledge. However, traditionally it has been used for physical disciplines such as Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Zoology and myriads of other physical fields thus hiding its real meaning.

Answer 7

its a state of knowing, department of systematized knowledge as an object of study. its the system thet uses the scientific method to study anything.

Answer 8

systemized knowledge derived through experimentation, observation, and study. Also, the methodology used to acquire this knowledge.

Answer 9

systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation that can be repeated

Answer 10

The study of how all things work and exist. Its physics