102,846
edits
Changes
From Nordan Symposia
Jump to navigationJump to searchno edit summary
[[Image:lighterstill.jpg]]
[[Image:lighterstill.jpg]][[File:Applied_science.jpg|right|frame]]
'''Applied science''' is the [[exact science]] of applying knowledge from one or more [[natural science|natural scientific]] fields to practical problems. Many applied sciences can be considered forms of [[engineering]]. Applied science is important for [[technology]] development. Its use in industrial settings is usually referred to as [[research and development]] (R&D).
'''Applied science''' is a [[discipline]] of [[science]] that applies existing scientific [[knowledge]] to develop more [[practical]] [[applications]], such as [[technology]] or [[inventions]].
Within [[natural science]], disciplines that are [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_science basic science], also called pure science, develop [[information]] to [[predict]] and perhaps explain—thus somehow understand—[[phenomena]] in the natural world. Applied science applies the basic science toward [[practical]] endeavors. Applied science is typically [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering engineering], which develops [[technology]], although there might be [[feedback]] between basic science and applied science: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_and_development research and development] (R&D).
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_sciences Medical sciences], for instance [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_microbiology medical microbiology] and its [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_virology clinical virology], are applied sciences that apply [[biology]] toward medical knowledge and inventions, but not necessarily medical technology, whose development is more specifically biomedicine or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomedical_engineering biomedical engineering]. Applied science can also apply formal science, such as [[statistics]] and [[probability]] theory, as in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology epidemiology]. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_epidemiology Genetic epidemiology] is an applied science applying both biological and statistical [[methods]].
==See also==
*'''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_applied_sciences List of applied sciences]
[[Category: General Reference]]
[[Category: General Reference]]
[[Category: Natural Sciences]]
[[Category: Natural Sciences]]
