Sentence examples for The few sciences from inspiring English sources

IN THESE days of ever more specific expertise, astronomy is one of the few sciences in which the enthusiastic amateur can still hope to make a contribution.

During the 18th century botany was one of the few sciences considered appropriate for genteel educated women.

Botany was one of the few sciences that welcomed women, and Native women's knowledge of the medicinal and nutritional uses of Montana plants was, and continues to be, important to both Native and newcomer communities.

Astronomy is one of the few sciences where amateurs can still play an active role, especially in the discovery and observation of transient phenomena and Amateur astronomers have made and contributed to many important astronomical discoveries.

And the few science writers who tried to get hold of the paper and show it to experts were thwarted.

In the cinematic world, our planet's destruction by the impact of another cosmic body is one of the few science-fiction tropes to bridge the blockbuster (Meteor, Armageddon, Deep Impact) and the arthouse (Last Night, Melancholia).

But otherwise, the few science and math teachers in pop culture have tended to resemble the wimpy Mr. Peepers or the clueless Mr. Boynton from the sitcoms of TV's "golden age".

We all understand that few sciences can be classified as purely descriptive or purely normative.

The United Kingdom hasn't had an investment in science communication on that scale since proceeds from the Great Exhibition in 1851 were used to set up several major British institutions, including the precursors to London's Science and Natural History Museums, says John Beetlestone, founder of Techniquest, one of the few U.K. science centers started before the lottery bonanza.

In her contribution to the new issue, Ursula K. Le Guin argues that in the past "quite a few science-fiction writers accepted exile from the Republic of Letters to the ghetto of genre, perhaps because ghettos, like all gated communities, give the illusion of safety". In fact, science fiction has been sneaking into all sorts of new neighborhoods.

MIT Haystack is one of the few radio science facilities worldwide with the necessary technology and expertise to correlate this amount of data.