The central science
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| - | '''Hard science''' and '''soft science''' are colloquial terms often used when comparing fields of [[academic research]] or [[scholarship]], with ''hard'' meaning ''perceived as being more scientific, rigorous, or accurate''. Fields of the [[natural sciences|natural]], [[physical sciences|physical]], and [[computing science|computing sciences]] are often described as '''hard''', while the [[social sciences]] and similar fields are often described as '''soft'''. The hard sciences are characterized as relying on [[experiment]]al, [[empirical]], [[quantification|quantifiable]] data, relying on the [[scientific method]], and focusing on accuracy and [[Objectivity (science)|objectivity]]. Publications in the hard sciences such as [[natural science]]s make heavier use of graphs than soft sciences such as [[sociology]], according to the [[graphism thesis]]. | + | [[Chemistry]] is often called '''the central science''' because of its role in connecting the [[physical science]]s, which include chemistry, with the [[biology|life sciences]] and [[applied science]]s such as [[medicine]] and [[engineering]]. The nature of this relationship is one of the main topics in the [[philosophy of chemistry]] and in [[scientometrics]]. The phrase was popularized by its use in a textbook by Theodore L. Brown and H. Eugene LeMay, titled ''Chemistry: The Central Science'', which was first published in 1977, with a twelfth edition published in 2011. |
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| - | * [[Demarcation problem]] | + | *[[Fundamental science]] |
| - | * [[History of science]] | + | *[[Philosophy of chemistry]] |
| - | * [[Philosophy of science]] | + | *[[Hard and soft science]] |
| - | * [[Objectivity (science)]] | + | *[[Special sciences]] |
| - | * [[Subjectivity]] | + | *[[Unity of science]] |
| - | * [[Exact science]] | + | |
| - | * [[Paradigm shift]] | + | |
| - | * [[Science wars]] | + | |
| - | * [[Scientific reductionism]] | + | |
| - | * [[The central science]] | + | |
| - | * [[Human science]] | + | |
| - | * [[Soft computing]] | + | |
| - | * [[Memetics]] | + | |
| - | * [[Hard systems]], [[soft systems]] | + | |
| - | * [[STEM fields]] | + | |
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Chemistry is often called the central science because of its role in connecting the physical sciences, which include chemistry, with the life sciences and applied sciences such as medicine and engineering. The nature of this relationship is one of the main topics in the philosophy of chemistry and in scientometrics. The phrase was popularized by its use in a textbook by Theodore L. Brown and H. Eugene LeMay, titled Chemistry: The Central Science, which was first published in 1977, with a twelfth edition published in 2011.
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