科学史(かがくし)

かがくし
noun
history of science
academicsciencehistory
1. history of science; the academic study of how science developed
The field that studies how scientific knowledge, methods, and institutions developed over time. Also used loosely for the historical record itself, as in a turning point in the history of science.
大学(だいがく)で科学史(かがくし)を学(まな)んだ。
I studied the history of science at university.
この発見(はっけん)は科学史(かがくし)に残(のこ)るだろう。
This discovery will surely go down in the history of science.
科学史(かがくし)を読(よ)むと、今(いま)では当(あ)たり前(まえ)の考(かんが)えがどれほど激(はげ)しい議論(ぎろん)を呼(よ)んだかが分(わ)かる。
Reading the history of science shows you how fierce the debate was over ideas we now take for granted.

科学(かがく) (science) + 史(し) (history). The 史(し) suffix names a field's history and attaches freely: 日本史(にほんし) (Japanese history), 美術史(びじゅつし) (art history), 医学史(いがくし) (history of medicine).

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 科学(かがく): science — the subject itself, not its history
  • 技術史(ぎじゅつし): history of technology — often paired with it, but focused on tools and industry
  • 化学(かがく): chemistry — a homophone of 科学(かがく); speakers say ばけがく to disambiguate in speech

Related Words

Related: 科学(かがく) (the field itself)
Related: 歴史(れきし) (history)
Compare: 化学(かがく) (chemistry)
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