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What are the three major branches of modern science?
Natural sciences, social sciences, and formal sciences.
What are the characteristics of the formal sciences?
They study formal systems, are governed by axioms and rules, and do not rely on empirical evidence.
What are applied sciences?
Disciplines that use scientific knowledge for practical purposes, such as engineering and medicine.
What is the historical origin of scientific discipline?
The history of scientific discipline spans the majority of the historical record, with the earliest written records of identifiable predecessors to modern science dating to Bronze Age Egypt and Mesopotamia.
Define modern science.
Modern science is a rigorous, systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the world.
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