What is the difference between pure and applied science,and examples of it?

Answer 1

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Pure science is something with a lab component, examples are biology, chemistry, physics, anatomy and physiology. An applied science is a science that incorporates many sciences such as fire science or nutrition.

Answer 2

Pure science is when Sir Issac Newton said F=ma.

Applied physics (Some people call it engineering) is when you use this to build structures so they are stronger, last longer and done for less money than before.

In summary;
Applied science is the exact science of applying knowledge from one or more natural scientific fields to practical problems.
Pure science, also called basic science, is the exact science of the development of scientific theories. (Such as F=ma).

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Answer 3

Yeah stick to pure science unless you really know what you want to do and there are plety of jobs in that field - specify later on.

Pure: Hey the apple fell to the ground because of gravity.

Applied: Oww the spanner fell on my foot because of gravity ;-)

Answer 4

Pure science is a waste of time. Applied Science isn't. Some examples. hmph!

Answer 5

a pure science as I understand it would be theory. For example, Math (which is a science, though more of a foundation)

And applied math would be to relate the theory to practical application *shock*

For me that practical application is learning Matrices (something that can make little or no sense or use in High School) so I can get my 3D graphics program to move objects around the screen, rotate them, distort them, etc.

So you may wish to either study, for example, the pure science of Gravity to try and investigate further 'why its there', OR you could learn Practical gravity, and discover ways to implement it (eg, slingshot orbits for satellites, etc.)

Though when it comes to discovering anti-gravity I suspect pure science studies will find out first ^.^

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<-- college student (C++ Programming, Games development)