Introduction : Since is recognition as an independent field of study science has been given a higher status as a field of knowledge. Science ,as you may know, provides the knowledge and understanding of nature and natural phenomena. Scientists, through systematic study of the natural phenomena ,gather information to understand the nature and how it works. So we can say that science is a process of investigation which results in new discoveries about the nature . It is the process of scientific investigation which gives science a higher status in the realm of knowledge. This process or as it is more often termed Scientific method ,is an organized and systematic method of solving problems ,finding answers and generating new knowledge about the nature and how it works. Knowledge acquired through application of scientific method is considered more reliable and accurate. It is often believed that scientific knowled is final and unchangeable truths about the nature. Scientific method is described as a step by step method of investigation which culminates in knowledge generation. Characteristics of science which make it different from the non science fields .you will also study about scientific method and nature of scientific knowledge . In this era of knowledge explosion the boundaries between different fields of science and even between science and other fields of knowledge are diminishing . Many fields of knowledge which were previously categorized as non science ,is now considered as branches of science: psychology is just one example . Relationship between different disciplines of science and relationship of science with other subjects. This is definition of Science .
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