Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Activities Facet
3. Disciplines (hierarchy name)
4. disciplines (concept)
5. [science and related disciplines]
6. science (modern discipline)
7. natural sciences

Narrower term/s

• cosmography
• materials science[+]
  • metallurgy [+]
    • archaeometallurgy
    • pyrometallurgy
  • polymer science
  • metallography
  • tribology
• astronomy[+]
  • astrophysics
• chemistry[+]
  • pharmacy (discipline) [NP]
  • biochemistry
  • inorganic chemistry
  • organic chemistry
  • geochemistry
  • alchemy [NP]
  • pharmacology [NP] [+]
    • toxicology
  • physical chemistry [+]
    • photochemistry (discipline)
    • crystallography
  • electrochemistry
  • microchemistry
  • thermochemistry
  • chemometrics [NP]
  • computational chemistry
• earth sciences[+]
  • geochemistry [NP]
  • geodesy
  • geology [+]
    • geomorphology
    • mineralogy
    • paleontology [NP] [+]
      • paleoanthropology [NP]
      • palynology [NP]
      • paleoecology [NP]
      • paleopathology [NP]
      • paleobotany [NP]
      • taphonomy
      • ichnology
      • micropaleontology
      • invertebrate paleontology
      • vertebrate paleontology
    • petrology [+]
      • gemology
      • petrography
    • tectonics (geology)
    • structural geology
    • stratigraphy
    • geoarchaeology [NP]
    • hydrogeology
    • sedimentology
    • lithology
    • geological dynamics [NP]
  • geophysics [NP] [+]
    • seismology
  • meteorology [+]
    • climatology
  • mineralogy [NP]
  • oceanography
  • soil science
  • geobiology [NP]
  • hydrology [+]
    • hydrography
    • hydrogeology [NP]
  • hypsography
• physics[+]
  • geophysics [+]
    • seismology
  • applied physics
  • acoustics [+]
    • phonetics [NP]
  • particle physics
  • hydraulics
  • mathematical physics
  • mechanics (physics) [+]
    • rheology
    • fracture mechanics
    • fluid mechanics [+]
      • computational fluid dynamics
  • nuclear physics
  • optics [+]
    • fiber optics
    • x-ray optics [+]
      • polycapillary optics
  • radiology [NP]
  • electronics (physics) [+]
    • microelectronics
    • electronic engineering [NP]
  • building physics
  • photonics

Anotations

Scope note:

Division of the natural sciences that systematically studies inanimate matter and energy apart from the vitality of living beings.