natural science
noun
: any of the sciences (such as physics, chemistry, or biology) that deal with matter, energy, and their interrelations and transformations or with objectively measurable phenomena
natural scientist
noun
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He is interested in the natural sciences.
a new approach to natural science
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But as the concept of entropy diffused throughout the natural sciences, its purpose shifted.
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Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
Rachel Beane, a professor of natural sciences at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, previously told Newsweek that it was called a fissure eruption.
—Flynn Nicholls, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Civil service reform in the late nineteenth century was promoted by academics and activists such as Francis Lieber, Woodrow Wilson, and Frank Goodnow, who believed in the ability of modern natural science to solve human problems.
—Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2014
One of the elder Roosevelt’s reasons for supporting the project was encouraging children such as his son who were interested in the natural sciences.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
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Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 13 Dec. 2024
Rachel Beane, a professor of natural sciences at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, previously told Newsweek that it was called a fissure eruption.
—Flynn Nicholls, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Civil service reform in the late nineteenth century was promoted by academics and activists such as Francis Lieber, Woodrow Wilson, and Frank Goodnow, who believed in the ability of modern natural science to solve human problems.
—Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2014
One of the elder Roosevelt’s reasons for supporting the project was encouraging children such as his son who were interested in the natural sciences.
—Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Natural science.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/natural%20science. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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