Learn about the various Sciences, Arts, Studies, Subjects and Fields of Study.

1. Fields of Study (Part 2)

2. Ichthyology
Fields of
Study
Ichthyology, also known as Fish Science, is the branch of biology devoted to the study
of fish. This includes bony fishes, cartilaginous fish, and jawless fish.

3. Ideology
Fields of
Study
Ideology refers to the system of abstracted meaning applied to public matters, thus making
this concept central to politics. Implicitly, in societies that distinguish between public and
private life, every political or economic tendency entails ideology, whether or not it is
propounded as an explicit system of thought.

4. Lithology
Fields of
Study
Lithology is the scientific study of rock-formations, especially at the macroscopic
level, in terms of their color, texture, and composition. The gross physical
character of a rock or rock formation is studied under lithology.

5. Nanotechnology
Fields of
Study
Nanotechnology refers to the manipulation of matter with at least one dimension sized
from 1 to 100 nanometers. This definition relates to the research category inclusive of all
types of research and technologies that deal with the special properties of matter that
occur below the given size threshold.

6. Nephology
Fields of
Study
Nephology is the branch of meteorology that studies clouds and cloud formation.

7. Numerology
Fields of
Study
Numerology is any belief in divine, mystical relationship between a number and
some coinciding events where no such relationship exists. Numerology is regarded as
pseudomathematics or pseudoscience by modern scientists. It is often associated
with the paranormal, alongside astrology and similar divinatory arts.

8. Philately
Fields of
Study
Philately is the study of stamps and postal history and other related items.
Philately involves more than just stamp collecting, which does not necessarily
involve the study of stamps.

9. Oceanology
Fields of
Study
Oceanology and marine science, is the branch of Earth Science that studies the ocean.
It covers a wide range of topics, including marine organisms and ecosystem
dynamics; ocean currents, waves, and geophysical fluid dynamics, plate tectonics
and the geology of the sea floor, etc.

10. Oenology
Fields of
Study
Oenology is the science and study of all aspects of wine and winemaking except
vine-growing and grape-harvesting, which form a subfield called viticulture.

11. Organology
Fields of
Study
Organology is the science of musical instruments and their classification. It embraces
study of instruments' history, instruments used in different cultures, technical aspects
of how instruments produce sound, and musical instrument classification.

12. Ornithology
Fields of
Study
Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds. Studies on birds
have helped develop several key concepts in evolution, behaviour and ecology such as
the definition of species, the process of speciation and conservation.

13. Paleontology
Fields of
Study
Paleontology is the scientific study of life existent prior to roughly 11,700 years before
present. It includes the study of fossils to determine organisms' evolution and
interactions with each other and their environments.

14. Petrology
Fields of
Study
Petrology is the branch of geology that studies the origin, composition,
distribution and structure of rocks.

15. Pharmacology
Fields of
Study
Pharmacology is the study of drugs. It involves examining the interactions of chemical
substances with living systems, with a view to understanding the properties of drugs and
their actions, including the interactions between drug molecules and drug receptors and
how these interactions elicit an effect.

16. Phonology
Fields of
Study
Phonology is a branch of linguistics concerned with the systematic organization
of sounds in languages.

17. Physiology
Fields of
Study
Physiology is the scientific study of normal function in living systems. A sub-
discipline of biology, its focus is in how organisms, organ systems, organs, cells, and
bio-molecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that exist in a living system.

18. Planetology
Fields of
Study
Planetology or Planetary science is the scientific study of planets (including Earth), moons,
and planetary systems, in particular those of the Solar system and the processes that form
them. It studies objects ranging in size from micrometeoroids to gas giants, aiming to
determine their composition, dynamics, formation, interrelations and history.

19. Psephology
Fields of
Study
Psephology is a branch of political science which deals with the study and scientific
analysis of elections. Psephology uses historical precinct voting data, public opinion
polls, campaign finance information and similar statistical data.

20. Seismology
Fields of
Study
Seismology is the scientific study of earthquakes and the propagation of elastic
waves through the Earth or through other planet-like bodies. The field also includes
studies of earthquake environmental effects, such as tsunamis as well as diverse
seismic sources such as volcanic, tectonic, oceanic, atmospheric, etc.

21. Selenology
Fields of
Study
Selenology is the scientific study of the formation and composition of the
Moon’s crust.

22. Sociology
Fields of
Study
Sociology is the scientific study of social behaviour, including its origins, development,
organization, and institutions. It is a social science that uses various methods of empirical
investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about social order,
social disorder and social change.

23. Speleology
Fields of
Study
Speleology is the scientific study of caves and other karst features, their make-up,
structure, physical properties, history, life forms, and the processes by which
they form and change over time.

24. Theology
Fields of
Study
Theology is the systematic and rational study of concepts of God and of the nature of
religious ideas, or the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training
in religious studies, usually at a university, seminary or school of divinity.

25. Vexillology
Fields of
Study
Vexillology is the scientific study of the history, symbolism and usage of flags or,
by extension, any interest in flags in general.

26. Volcanology
Fields of
Study
Volcanology is the study of volcanoes, lava, magma and
related geological, geophysical and geochemical phenomena.

27. Zoology
Fields of
Study
Zoology or animal biology, is the branch of biology that relates to the animal kingdom,
including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution
of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems.

28. Dactylography
Fields of
Study
Dactylography is the science of using fingerprints to uniquely identify someone.

29. Ergonomics
Fields of
Study
Ergonomics (or human factors) is the scientific discipline concerned with the understanding
of interactions among humans and other elements of a system, and the profession that
applies theory, principles, data and methods to design in order to optimize human
well-being and overall system performance.

30. Linguistics
Fields of
Study
Linguistics is the scientific study of language. There are three aspects to this study:
language form, language meaning, and language in context.

31. Numismatics
Fields of
Study
Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper
money, and related objects. The discipline also includes the broader study
of money and other payment media used to resolve debts and the exchange of goods.

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