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'''Science''' is a methodology for discovering and classifying [[knowledge]]. The scope of science encompasses all measurable [[phenomena]]. Science falls under two scopes: [[natural science]], dealing with the [[physical]], [[natural]] world, and [[social science]], dealing with society and human nature.
 
'''Science''' is a methodology for discovering and classifying [[knowledge]]. The scope of science encompasses all measurable [[phenomena]]. Science falls under two scopes: [[natural science]], dealing with the [[physical]], [[natural]] world, and [[social science]], dealing with society and human nature.
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People who study science are called [[scientist]]s. Most of the early scientists who started many of the scientific fields, and some of history's greatest thinkers, such as [[Isaac Newton]] and [[Albert Einstein]], believed in [[God]], or some other higher power, and many were [[creationists]]. In addition, [[Christianity]] [[Christianity and Science|played a pivotal role in the development of modern science]]. In recent years, American scientists have been much more atheistic as a group than the general public. <ref>http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/atheism1.htm</ref>
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People who study science are called [[scientist]]s. Most of the early scientists who started many of the scientific fields, and some of history's greatest thinkers, such as [[Isaac Newton]], believed in [[God]], or some other higher power, and many were [[creationists]]. Some did not, such as Albert Einstein.<ref>http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/may/12/peopleinscience.religion</ref><ref>http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/34220</ref><ref>http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2008-05-13-einstein-religion_N.htm</ref ><ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24598856/</ref><ref>http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/05/13/einstein-religion.html</ref><ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/17/science/17einsteinw.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss</ref><ref>http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2008/05/14/2003411886</ref>In addition, [[Christianity]] [[Christianity and Science|played a pivotal role in the development of modern science]]. In recent years, American scientists have been much more atheistic as a group than the general public. <ref>http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/atheism1.htm</ref>
    
== Principles of science ==
 
== Principles of science ==

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