Science and

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Science and technology is a topic that

encompasses science, technology, and the
interactions between the two. Science is a
systematic enterprise that builds and
organizes knowledge in the form of
explanations and predictions about nature
and the universe. Technology is the
collection of techniques, methods or
processes used in the production of goods
or services or in the accomplishment of
objectives, such as scientific investigation,
or any other consumer demands.

Science may drive technological

development, by generating demand for
new instruments to address a scientific
question, or by illustrating technical
possibilities previously unconsidered. In
turn, technology may drive scientific
investigation, by creating demand for
technological improvements that can only
be produced through research, and by
raising questions about the underlying
principles that a new technology relies on.

For the majority of human history,

technological improvements were
achieved by chance, trial and error, or
spontaneous inspiration. When the modern
scientific enterprise matured in the
Enlightenment, it primarily concerned
itself with basic questions of nature.
Research and development directed
towards immediate technical application
is a relatively recent occurrence, arising
with the Industrial Revolution and
becoming commonplace in the 20th
century.
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As academic fields, science and
technology are often grouped with
engineering and mathematics, as the STEM
fields.

The history of science and technology

examines how humanity's understanding of
science and technology has changed over
the centuries.

Science and technology are often studied

together with society, in terms of their
mutual interactions.

See also
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