STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math: Science

Science is the study of the world around us – how things work, what living things there are, how things happen, etc. supported by logic and reasoning. Learning science is all about examining properties of a thing in a systematic manner, endorsed by validation of theoretical knowledge through scientific experimentation and research.

Science can be classified in the following broad categories:
Biology –  the study of anything that is alive; there are many sub-categories like microbiology, botany, and zoology.

Physical Science – those sciences that study living and non-living things: physics, chemistry, earth sciences (geology, meteorology, oceanography, etc), and astronomy (studying the stars and other planets).

Social Science – sciences dealing with human beings. Some examples of social sciences include anthropology, geography, economics, and history.

From V&S Publishers’ Editorial Board. Concise Dictionary Of Science. V&S Publishers, 2012.

What does a scientist look like? What do they do? Get an idea from some of the people who have won the Nobel Prize in various science disciplines.  You can also input particular names to the Biography in Context database listed below to get a better understanding of certain scientists and the nature of their work.