Features
Inthematerialcivilizationandspiritualcivilizationofmankind,basicsciencehasthefollowingcharacteristics:
①Itisareflectionofthemostessentiallawofmaterialmovement,anditisdifferentfromothersciences.Incontrast,abstractionandgeneralizationarethestrongest,anditisarigoroustheoreticalsystemcomposedofconcepts,theorems,andformulas.
②Therelationshipwithproductionpracticeisrelativelyindirect,anditneedstopassthroughaseriesofintermediatelinksbeforeitcanbetransformedintomaterialproductivity.
③Theimportanteffectsofsomeachievementsareeasilyoverlooked.
④Theresearchislong-term,arduousandcontinuous.
⑤Theresearchresultsarenon-confidentialandgenerallypublishedpublicly,andbecomethecommonspiritualwealthofallmankind.
SevenUniversitySubjects
AccordingtothesubjectclassificationcataloguepublishedbyUNESCO,thebasicsciencesaredividedintosevencategories:
Mathematics:
Includingalgebra,analysis,geometry,statistics,topology,appliedmathematics,computationalmathematics,etc.
Physics:
Includingparticlephysics,condensedmatterphysics,electromagnetics,optics,generalrelativity,fieldtheory,quantummechanics,statisticalmechanics,etc.
Chemistry:
Includinganalyticalchemistry,inorganicchemistry,organicchemistry,structuralchemistry,polymerchemistry,etc.
Biology:
Includingbotany,zoology,cellbiology,molecularbiology,ecology,genetics,etc.
Astronomy:
Includingcosmology,radioastronomy,solarsystem,etc.
EarthScience:
Includinggeology,atmosphere,hydrology,oceanography,etc.
Logic:
Includinggenerallogic,inductivelogic,deductivelogic,methodology,etc.