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Science is a rigorous, systematic endeavor that builds and organizes ______ in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the world.
knowledge
Modern science is typically divided into three major branches: natural ______ (e.g., physics, chemistry, and biology), which study the physical world; the social sciences (e.g., economics, psychology, and sociology), which study individuals and societies; and the formal sciences (e.g., logic, mathematics, and theoretical computer science), which study formal systems, governed by axioms and rules.
sciences
There is disagreement whether the formal sciences are science disciplines, because they do not rely on ______ evidence.
empirical
Applied sciences are disciplines that use scientific knowledge for practical purposes, such as in ______ and medicine.
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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 ______.
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