hard science

English

Noun

hard science (countable and uncountable, plural hard sciences)

1. (informal) Any of the natural and physical sciences that use the scientific method and experiments to test theories. Examples include mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry and geology.

Derived terms

• hard science fiction

Coordinate terms

• soft science
• quasiscience

Translations

sciences

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 硬科學, 硬科学 (yìngkēxué)

• Dutch: bètawetenschap (nl) f

• Finnish: kova tiede (especially used in plural), luonnontiede (fi), eksakti tiede
• German: exakte Wissenschaft f, harte Wissenschaft f
• Polish: nauka ścisła f

See also

• pure science versus applied science
• natural science versus social science