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e. Natural science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation. [ 1 ] Mechanisms such as peer review and reproducibility of findings are used to try to ensure the validity of scientific advances.
Charles Robert Darwin FRS FRGS FLS FZS JP [ 5 ] (/ ˈdɑːrwɪn / [ 6 ]DAR-win; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, [ 7 ] widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended from a common ancestor is now generally accepted and ...
Science. A scientist is a person who researches to advance knowledge in an area of the natural sciences. [1][2][3][4] In classical antiquity, there was no real ancient analog of a modern scientist. Instead, philosophers engaged in the philosophical study of nature called natural philosophy, a precursor of natural science. [5]
Robin Bell, American, polar geophysicist, President-elect of the American Geophysical Union. Martin Beniston, Swiss climate scientist. Lennart Bengtsson (1935–), Swedish meteorologist and climate scientist. André Berger, (1942–), Belgian, modeling climatic changes at the geological and at the century time scales.
v. t. e. A biologist is a scientist who conducts research in biology. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Biologists are interested in studying life on Earth, whether it is an individual cell, a multicellular organism, or a community of interacting populations. [ 1 ] They usually specialize in a particular branch (e.g., molecular biology, zoology, and evolutionary ...
Geophysicist. Geoscientists. A geologist is a scientist who studies the structure, composition, and history of Earth. Geologists incorporate techniques from physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, and geography to perform research in the field and the laboratory. Geologists work in the energy and mining sectors to exploit natural resources.
Carl Linnaeus[ a ] (23 May 1707 [ note 1 ] – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, [ 3 ][ b ] was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy ". [ 4 ] Many of his writings were in Latin; his ...
Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the world. [1] [2] Modern science is typically divided into two or three major branches: [3] the natural sciences (e.g., physics, chemistry, and biology), which study the physical world; and the behavioural sciences (e.g., economics, psychology, and sociology), which ...