Synonymous With Applied Science
The relationship between applied sustainability and sustainability (or sustainability science) is analogous relationship between applied science (engineering) and basic science. Whereas science is the effort to discover, understand, or to understand better, how the physical world works, with observable physical evidence as the basis of that understanding. Applied science is the application of knowledge from one or more natural scientific fields to solve practical problems.
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Famous quotes containing the words synonymous with, synonymous, applied and/or science:
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