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science; in its broadest sense, science (from latin scientia, meaning "knowledge") refers to any systematic knowledge or practice. In its more usual restricted sense, sciene refers to a system of acquiring knowled body of knowledge gained through such research. Feilds of science are commonly classified along two major lines: *Natural Sciences, which study natural phenomena (including biological life) and *Social Sciences, which study human behavior and societies. These groupings are empirical sciences, which means the knowledge must be based on observational phenomina and capable of being experimented for its validity by other researchers working under the same conditions. Mathematics, which is sometimes which is sometimes classified within a third group of science called Formal Science, has both similarities and differences with the natural and social sciences. Its similar to empirical sciences in that it envloves an object, careful and systematic study of an area of knowledge; its different because of its method of verifying its knowledge,
using a priori rather then empirical methods. Formal science, which also includes statistics and logic, is vital to the empirical sciences. Major advances in formal science have often led to major advances in physcial and biological sciences. The formal sciences are essential in the formation of hypotheses, theories and laws, both in discovering and describing how thing work (natural sciences) and how people think and at (social sciences)
