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Fields of Study
The following is the huge list of fields of study. How many of these studies did you know before? We assume you do not have problem in pronunciation of them.

AGRONOMICS: Study of productivity of land
AGROSTOLOGY: science or Study of grasses
ALETHIOLOGY: Study of truth
ALGEDONICS: science of pleasure and pain
ALGOLOGY: Study of algae
ANAESTHESIOLOGY: Study of anaesthetics
ANAGLYPTICS: art of carving in bas-relief
ANAGRAPHY: art of constructing catalogues
ANDRAGOGY: science of teaching adults
ANEMOLOGY: Study of winds
ANGELOLOGY: Study of angels
ANGIOLOGY: Study of blood flow and lymphatic system
ANTHROPOBIOLOGY: Study of human biology
ANTHROPOLOGY: Study of human cultures
APHNOLOGY: science of wealth
APIOLOGY: Study of bees
ARACHNOLOGY: Study of spiders
ARCHAEOLOGY: Study of human material remains
ARCHELOGY: the Study of first principles
ARCHOLOGY: science of the origins of government
ARCTOPHILY: Study of teddy bears
AREOLOGY: Study of Mars
ARETAICS: the science of virtue
ARISTOLOGY: the science or art of dining
ARTHROLOGY: Study of joints
ASTACOLOGY: the science of crayfish
ASTHENIOLOGY: Study of diseases of weakening and aging
ASTROGEOLOGY: Study of extraterrestrial geology
ASTROLOGY: Study of influence of stars on people
ASTROMETEOROLOGY: Study of effect of stars on climate
ASTRONOMY: Study of celestial bodies
ASTROPHYSICS: Study of behaviour of interstellar matter
ASTROSEISMOLOGY: Study of star oscillations
ATMOLOGY: the science of aqueous vapour
AUDIOLOGY: Study of hearing
AUTECOLOGY: Study of ecology of one species
AUTOLOGY: scientific Study of oneself
AUXOLOGY: science of growth
AVIONICS: the science of electronic devices for aircraft
AXIOLOGY: the science of the ultimate nature of values
BACTERIOLOGY: Study of bacteria
BALNEOLOGY: the science of the therapeutic use of baths
BARODYNAMICS: science of the support and mechanics of bridges
BAROLOGY: Study of gravitation
BATOLOGY: the Study of brambles
BIBLIOLOGY: Study of books
BIBLIOTICS: Study of documents to determine authenticity
BIOECOLOGY: Study of interaction of life in the environment
BIOLOGY: Study of life
BIOMETRICS: Study of biological measurement
BIONOMICS: Study of organisms interacting in their environments
BOTANY: Study of plants
BROMATOLOGY: Study of food
BRONTOLOGY: scientific Study of thunder
BRYOLOGY: the Study of mosses and liverworts
CACOGENICS: Study of racial degeneration
CALIOLOGY: Study of bird’s nests
CALORIFICS: Study of heat
CAMBISTRY: science of international exchange
CAMPANOLOGY: the art of bell ringing
CARCINOLOGY: Study of crabs and other crustaceans
CARDIOLOGY: Study of the heart
CARICOLOGY: Study of sedges
CARPOLOGY: Study of fruit
CARTOPHILY: the hobby of collecting cigarette cards castramentation the art of designing a camp
CATACOUSTICS: science of echoes or reflected sounds
CATALACTICS: science of commercial exchange
CATECHECTICS: the art of teaching by question and answer
CETOLOGY: Study of whales and dolphins
CHALCOGRAPHY: the art of engraving on copper or brass
CHALCOTRIPTICS: art of taking rubbings from ornamental brasses
CHAOLOGY: the Study of chaos or chaos theory
CHARACTEROLOGY: Study of development of character
CHEMISTRY: Study of properties of substances
CHIROCOSMETICS: beautifying the hands; art of manicure
CHIROGRAPHY: Study of handwriting or penmanship
CHIROLOGY: Study of the hands
CHIROPODY: medical science of feet
CHOROLOGY: science of the geographic description of anything
CHREMATISTICS: the Study of wealth; political economy
CHRONOBIOLOGY: Study of biological rhythms
CHRYSOLOGY: Study of precious metals ciselure the art of chasing metal
CLIMATOLOGY: Study of climate
CLINOLOGY: Study of aging or individual decline after maturity
CODICOLOGY: Study of manuscripts
COLEOPTEROLOGY: Study of beetles and weevils
COMETOLOGY: Study of comets
CONCHOLOGY: Study of shells
COPROLOGY: Study of pornography
COSMETOLOGY: Study of cosmetics
COSMOLOGY: Study of the universe
CRANIOLOGY: Study of the skull
CRIMINOLOGY: Study of crime; criminals
CRYOBIOLOGY: Study of life under cold conditions
CRYPTOLOGY: Study of codes
CTETOLOGY: Study of the inheritance of acquired characteristics
CYTOLOGY: Study of living cells
DACTYLIOLOGY: Study of rings
DACTYLOGRAPHY: the Study of fingerprints
DACTYLOLOGY: Study of sign language
DELTIOLOGY: the collection and Study of picture postcards
DEMOLOGY: Study of human behaviour
DEMONOLOGY: Study of demons
DENDROCHRONOLOGY: Study of tree rings
DENDROLOGY: Study of trees
DEONTOLOGY: the theory or Study of moral obligation
DERMATOGLYPHICS: the Study of skin patterns and fingerprints
DERMATOLOGY: Study of skin
DESMOLOGY: Study of ligaments
DIABOLOGY: Study of devils
DIAGRAPHICS: art of making diagrams or drawings
DIALECTOLOGY: Study of dialects
DIOPTRICS: Study of light refraction
DIPLOMATICS: science of deciphering ancient writings and texts
DIPLOMATOLOGY: Study of diplomats
DOCIMOLOGY: the art of assaying
DOSIOLOGY: the Study of doses
DRAMATURGY: art of producing and staging dramatic works
DYSGENICS: the Study of racial degeneration
DYSTELEOLOGY: Study of purposeless organs
ECCLESIOLOGY: Study of church affairs
ECCRINOLOGY: Study of excretion
ECOLOGY: Study of environment
ECONOMICS: Study of material wealth
EDAPHOLOGY: Study of soils
EGYPTOLOGY: Study of ancient Egypt
EKISTICS: Study of human settlement
ELECTROCHEMISTRY: Study of relations between electricity and chemicals
ELECTROLOGY: Study of electricity
ELECTROSTATICS: Study of static electricity
EMBRYOLOGY: Study of embryos
EMETOLOGY: Study of vomiting
EMMENOLOGY: the Study of menstruation
ENDEMIOLOGY: Study of local diseases
ENDOCRINOLOGY: Study of glands
ENIGMATOLOGY: Study of enigmas
ENTOMOLOGY: Study of insects
ENTOZOOLOGY: Study of parasites that live inside larger organisms
ENZYMOLOGY: Study of enzymes
EPHEBIATRICS: branch of medicine dealing with adolescence
EPIDEMIOLOGY: Study of diseases; epidemics
EPISTEMOLOGY: Study of grounds of knowledge
EREMOLOGY: Study of deserts
ERGOLOGY: Study of effects of work on humans
ERGONOMICS: Study of people at work
ESCAPOLOGY: Study of freeing oneself from constraints
ESCHATOLOGY: Study of death; final matters
ETHNOGENY: Study of origins of races or ethnic groups
ETHNOLOGY: Study of cultures
ETHNOMETHODOLOGY: Study of everyday communication
ETHNOMUSICOLOGY: Study of comparative musical systems
ETHOLOGY: Study of natural or biological character
ETHONOMICS: Study of economic and ethical principles of a society
ETIOLOGY: the science of causes; especially of disease
ETYMOLOGY: Study of origins of words
EUTHENICS: science concerned with improving living conditions
EXOBIOLOGY: Study of extraterrestrial life
FLORISTRY: the art of cultivating and selling flowers
FLUVIOLOGY: Study of watercourses
FUTUROLOGY: Study of future
GARBOLOGY: Study of garbage
GASTROENTEROLOGY: Study of stomach; intestines
GASTRONOMY: Study of fine dining
GEMMOLOGY: Study of gems and jewels
GENEALOGY: Study of descent of families
GENESIOLOGY: Study of reproduction and heredity
GENETHLIALOGY: the art of casting horoscopes
GEOCHEMISTRY: Study of chemistry of the earth’s crust
GEOCHRONOLOGY: Study of measuring geological time
GEOGENY: science of the formation of the earth’s crust
GEOGONY: Study of formation of the earth
GEOGRAPHY: Study of surface of the earth and its inhabitants
GEOLOGY: Study of earth’s crust
GEOMORPHOGENY: Study of the origins of land forms
GEOPONICS: Study of agriculture
GEOTECHNICS: Study of increasing habitability of the earth
GERATOLOGY: Study of decadence and decay
GEROCOMY: Study of old age
GERONTOLOGY: Study of the elderly; aging
GIGANTOLOGY: Study of giants
GLACIOLOGY: Study of ice ages and glaciation
GLOSSOLOGY: Study of language; Study of the tongue
GLYPTOGRAPHY: the art of engraving on gems
GLYPTOLOGY: Study of gem engravings
GNOMONICS: the art of measuring time using sundials
GNOSIOLOGY: Study of knowledge
GNOTOBIOLOGY: Study of life in germ-free conditions
GRAMINOLOGY: Study of grasses
GRAMMATOLOGY: Study of systems of writing
GRAPHEMICS: Study of systems of representing speech in writing
GRAPHOLOGY: Study of handwriting
GROMATICS: science of surveying
GYNAECOLOGY: Study of women’s physiology
GYROSTATICS: the Study of rotating bodies
HAGIOLOGY: Study of saints
HALIEUTICS: Study of fishing
HAMARTIOLOGY: Study of sin
HARMONICS: Study of musical acoustics
HEDONICS: part of ethics or psychology dealing with pleasure
HELCOLOGY: Study of ulcers
HELIOLOGY: science of the sun
HELMINTHOLOGY: Study of worms
HEMATOLOGY: Study of blood
HEORTOLOGY: Study of religious feasts
HEPATOLOGY: Study of liver
HERALDRY: Study of coats of arms
HERESIOLOGY: Study of heresies
HERPETOLOGY: Study of reptiles and amphibians
HIEROLOGY: science of sacred matters
HIPPIATRICS: Study of diseases of horses
HIPPOLOGY: the Study of horses
HISTOLOGY: Study of the tissues of organisms
HISTORIOGRAPHY: Study of writing history
HISTORIOLOGY: Study of history
HOMILETICS: the art of preaching
HOPLOLOGY: the Study of weapons
HOROGRAPHY: art of constructing sundials or clocks
HOROLOGY: science of time measurement horticulture Study of gardening
HYDROBIOLOGY: Study of aquatic organisms
HYDRODYNAMICS: Study of movement in liquids
HYDROGEOLOGY: Study of ground water
HYDROGRAPHY: Study of investigating bodies of water
HYDROKINETICS: Study of motion of fluids
HYDROLOGY: Study of water resources
HYDROMETEOROLOGY: Study of atmospheric moisture
HYDROPATHY: Study of treating diseases with water
HYETOLOGY: science of rainfal
HYGIASTICS: science of health and hygien
HYGIENICS: Study of sanitation; healt
HYGIOLOGY: hygienics; Study of cleanlines
HYGROLOGY: Study of humidit
HYGROMETRY: science of humidit
HYMNOGRAPHY: Study of writing hymn
HYMNOLOGY: Study of hymn
HYPNOLOGY: Study of sleep; Study of hypnosis
HYPSOGRAPHY: science of measuring heights
IAMATOLOGY: Study of remedies
IATROMATHEMATICS: archaic practice of medicine in conjunction with astrology
ICHNOGRAPHY: art of drawing ground plans
ICHNOLOGY: science of fossilized footprints
ICHTHYOLOGY: Study of fish
ICONOGRAPHY: Study of drawing symbols
ICONOLOGY: Study of icons; symbols
IDEOGENY: Study of origins of ideas
IDIOMOLOGY: Study of idiom, jargon or dialect
IMMUNOGENETICS: Study of genetic characteristics of immunity
IMMUNOLOGY: Study of immunity
IMMUNOPATHOLOGY: Study of immunity to disease
INSECTOLOGY: Study of insects
IRENOLOGY: the Study of peace
IRIDOLOGY: Study of iris
KALOLOGY: Study of beauty
KARYOLOGY: Study of cell nuclei
KIDOLOGY: Study of kidding
KINEMATICS: Study of motion
KINESICS: Study of gestural communication
KINESIOLOGY: Study of human movement and posture
KINETICS: Study of forces producing or changing motion
KONIOLOGY: Study of atmospheric pollutants and dust
KTENOLOGY: science of putting people to death
KYMATOLOGY: Study of wave motion
LABEORPHILY: collection and Study of beer bottle labels
LARITHMICS: Study of population statistics
LARYNGOLOGY: Study of larynx
LEPIDOPTEROLOGY: Study of butterflies and moths
LEPROLOGY: Study of leprosy
LEXICOLOGY: Study of words and their meanings
LEXIGRAPHY: art of definition of words
LICHENOLOGY: Study of lichens
LIMACOLOGY: Study of slugs
LIMNOBIOLOGY: Study of freshwater ecosystems
LIMNOLOGY: Study of bodies of fresh water
LINGUISTICS: Study of language
LITHOLOGY: Study of rocks
LITURGIOLOGY: Study of liturgical forms and church rituals
LOIMOLOGY: Study of plagues and epidemics
LOXODROMY: Study of sailing along rhumb-lines
MAGIRICS: art of cookery magnanerie art of raising silkworms
MAGNETICS: Study of magnetism
MALACOLOGY: Study of molluscs
MALARIOLOGY: Study of malaria
MAMMALOGY: Study of mammals manège the art of horsemanship
MARIOLOGY: Study of the Virgin Mary
MARTYROLOGY: Study of martyrs
MASTOLOGY: Study of mammals
MATHEMATICS: Study of magnitude, number, and forms
MECHANICS: Study of action of force on bodies
MECONOLOGY: Study of or treatise concerning opium
MELITTOLOGY: Study of bees
MEREOLOGY: Study of part-whole relationships
MESOLOGY: ecology
METALLOGENY: Study of the origin and distribution of metal deposits
METALLOGRAPHY: Study of the structure and constitution of metals
METALLURGY: Study of alloying and treating metals
METAPHYSICS: Study of principles of nature and thought
METAPOLITICS: Study of politics in theory or abstract
METAPSYCHOLOGY: Study of nature of the mind
METEORITICS: the Study of meteors
METEOROLOGY: Study of weather
METRICS: Study of versification
METROLOGY: science of weights and measures
MICROANATOMY: Study of microscopic tissues
MICROBIOLOGY: Study of microscopic organisms
MICROCLIMATOLOGY: Study of local climates
MICROLOGY: study or discussion of trivialities
MICROPALAEONTOLOGY: Study of microscopic fossils
MICROPHYTOLOGY: Study of very small plant life
MINERALOGY: Study of minerals
MOLINOLOGY: Study of mills and milling
MOMILOGY: Study of mummies
MORPHOLOGY: Study of forms and the development of structures
MUSCOLOGY: the Study of mosses
MUSEOLOGY: the Study of museums
MUSICOLOGY: Study of music
MYCOLOGY: Study of funguses
MYOLOGY: Study of muscles
MYRMECOLOGY: Study of ants
MYTHOLOGY: Study of myths; fables; tales
NAOLOGY: Study of church or temple architecture
NASOLOGY: Study of the nose
NAUTICS: art of navigation
NEMATOLOGY: the Study of nematodes
NEONATOLOGY: Study of newborn babies
NEOSSOLOGY: Study of nestling birds
NEPHOLOGY: Study of clouds
NEPHROLOGY: Study of the kidneys
NEUROBIOLOGY: Study of anatomy of the nervous system
NEUROLOGY: Study of nervous system
NEUROPSYCHOLOGY: Study of relation between brain and behaviour
NEURYPNOLOGY: Study of hypnotism
NIDOLOGY: Study of nests
NOMOLOGY: the science of the laws; especially of the mind
NOOLOGY: science of the intellect
NOSOLOGY: Study of diseases
NOSTOLOGY: Study of senility
NOTAPHILY: collecting of bank-notes and cheques
NUMEROLOGY: Study of numbers
NUMISMATICS: Study of coins
NYMPHOLOGY: Study of nymphs
OBSTETRICS: Study of midwifery
OCEANOGRAPHY: Study of oceans
OCEANOLOGY: Study of oceans
ODOLOGY: science of the hypothetical mystical force of od
ODONTOLOGY: Study of teeth
OENOLOGY: Study of wines
OIKOLOGY: science of housekeeping
OLFACTOLOGY: Study of the sense of smell
OMBROLOGY: Study of rain
ONCOLOGY: Study of tumours
ONEIROLOGY: Study of dreams
ONOMASIOLOGY: Study of nomenclature
ONOMASTICS: Study of proper names
ONTOLOGY: science of pure being; the nature of things
OOLOGY: Study of eggs
OPHIOLOGY: Study of snakes
OPHTHALMOLOGY: Study of eye diseases
OPTICS: Study of light
OPTOLOGY: Study of sight
OPTOMETRY: science of examining the eyes
ORCHIDOLOGY: Study of orchids
ORNITHOLOGY: Study of birds
OROLOGY: Study of mountains
ORTHOEPY: Study of correct pronunciation
ORTHOGRAPHY: Study of spelling
ORTHOPTEROLOGY: Study of cockroaches
ORYCTOLOGY: mineralogy or paleontology
OSMICS: scientific Study of smells
OSMOLOGY: Study of smells and olfactory processes
OSPHRESIOLOGY: Study of the sense of smell
OSTEOLOGY: Study of bones
OTOLOGY: Study of the ear
OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY: Study of ear, nose and throat
PAEDOLOGY: Study of children
PAEDOTROPHY: art of rearing children
PAIDONOSOLOGY: Study of children’s diseases; pediatrics
PALAEOANTHROPOLOGY: Study of early humans
PALAEOBIOLOGY: Study of fossil plants and animals
PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY: Study of ancient climates
PALAEOLIMNOLOGY: Study of ancient lakes
PALAEOLIMNOLOGY: Study of ancient fish
PALAEONTOLOGY: Study of fossils
PALAEOPEDOLOGY: Study of early soils
PALEOBOTANY: Study of ancient plants
PALEO-OSTEOLOGY: Study of ancient bones
PALYNOLOGY: Study of pollen
PAPYROLOGY: Study of paper
PARAPSYCHOLOGY: Study of unexplained mental phenomena
PARASITOLOGY: Study of parasites
PAROEMIOLOGY: Study of proverbs
PARTHENOLOGY: Study of virgins
PATAPHYSICS: the science of imaginary solutions
PATHOLOGY: Study of disease
PATROLOGY: Study of early Christianity
PEDAGOGICS: Study of teaching
PEDOLOGY: Study of soils
PELOLOGY: Study of mud
PENOLOGY: Study of crime and punishment
PERIODONTICS: Study of gums
PERISTEROPHILY: pigeon-collecting
PESTOLOGY: science of pests
PETROLOGY: Study of rocks
PHARMACOGNOSY: Study of drugs of animal and plant origin
PHARMACOLOGY: Study of drugs
PHAROLOGY: Study of lighthouses
PHARYNGOLOGY: Study of the throat
PHENOLOGY: Study of organisms as affected by climate
PHENOMENOLOGY: Study of phenomena
PHILATELY: Study of postage stamps
PHILEMATOLOGY: the act or Study of kissing
PHILLUMENY: collecting of matchbox labels
PHILOLOGY: Study of ancient texts; historical linguistics
PHONIATRICS: study and correction of speech defects
PHONOLOGY: Study of speech sounds
PHOTOBIOLOGY: Study of effects of light on organisms
PHRASEOLOGY: Study of phrases
PHRENOLOGY: Study of bumps on the head
PHYCOLOGY: Study of algae and seaweeds
PHYSICS: Study of properties of matter and energy
PHYSIOLOGY: Study of processes of life
PHYTOLOGY: Study of plants; botany
PISCATOLOGY: Study of fishes
PISTEOLOGY: science or Study of faith
PLANETOLOGY: Study of planets
PLUTOLOGY: political economy; Study of wealth
PNEUMATICS: Study of mechanics of gases
PODIATRY: study and treatment of disorders of the foot; chiropody
PODOLOGY: Study of the feet
POLEMOLOGY: Study of war
POMOLOGY: Study of fruit-growing
POSOLOGY: science of quantity or dosage
POTAMOLOGY: Study of rivers
PRAXEOLOGY: Study of practical or efficient activity; science of efficien action
PRIMATOLOGY: Study of primates
PROCTOLOGY: Study of rectum
PROSODY: Study of versification
PROTISTOLOGY: Study of protists
PROXEMICS: Study of man’s need for personal space
PSALLIGRAPHY: the art of paper-cutting to make pictures
PSEPHOLOGY: Study of election results and voting trends
PSEUDOLOGY: art or science of lying
PSEUDOPTICS: Study of optical illusions
PSYCHOBIOLOGY: Study of biology of the mind
PSYCHOGENETICS: Study of internal or mental states
PSYCHOGNOSY: Study of mentality, personality or character
PSYCHOLOGY: Study of mind
PSYCHOPATHOLOGY: Study of mental illness
PSYCHOPHYSICS: Study of link between mental and physical processes
PTERIDOLOGY: Study of ferns
PTERYLOLOGY: Study of distribution of feathers on birds
PYRETOLOGY: Study of fevers
PYRGOLOGY: Study of towers
PYROBALLOGY: Study of artillery
PYROGRAPHY: Study of woodburning
QUINOLOGY: Study of quinine
RACIOLOGY: Study of racial differences
RADIOLOGY: Study of X-rays and their medical applications
REFLEXOLOGY: Study of reflexes
RHABDOLOGY: art of calculating using numbering rods
RHEOLOGY: science of the deformation or flow of matter
RHEUMATOLOGY: Study of rheumatism
RHINOLOGY: Study of the nose
RHOCHREMATICS: science of inventory management and the movement of products
RUNOLOGY: Study of runes
SARCOLOGY: Study of fleshy parts of the body
SATANOLOGY: Study of devil
SCATOLOGY: Study of excrement or obscene literature
SCHEMATONICS: art of using gesture to express tones
SCIAGRAPHY: art of shading
SCRIPOPHILY: collection of bond and share certificates
SEDIMENTOLOGY: Study of sediment
SEISMOLOGY: Study of earthquakes
SELENODESY: Study of the shape and features of the moon
SELENOLOGY: Study of the moon
SEMANTICS: Study of meaning
SEMANTOLOGY: science of meanings of words
SEMASIOLOGY: Study of meaning; semantics
SEMIOLOGY: Study of signs and signals
SEMIOTICS: Study of signs and symbols
SEROLOGY: Study of serums
SEXOLOGY: Study of sexual behaviour
SIDEROGRAPHY: art of engraving on steel
SIGILLOGRAPHY: Study of seals
SIGNIFICS: science of meaning
SILVICS: Study of tree’s life
SINDONOLOGY: Study of the shroud of Turin
SINOLOGY: Study of China
SITOLOGY: dietetics
SOCIOBIOLOGY: Study of biological basis of human behaviour
SOCIOLOGY: Study of society
SOMATOLOGY: science of the properties of matter
SOPHIOLOGY: science of ideas
SOTERIOLOGY: Study of theological salvation
SPECTROLOGY: Study of ghosts
SPELEOLOGY: study and exploration of caves
SPERMOLOGY: Study of seeds
SPHAGNOLOGY: Study of peat moss
SPHRAGISTICS: Study of seals and signets
SPHYGMOLOGY: Study of the pulse
SPLANCHNOLOGY: Study of the entrails or viscera
SPONGOLOGY: Study of sponges
STASIOLOGY: Study of political parties
STATICS: Study of bodies and forces in equilibrium
STEMMATOLOGY: Study of relationships between texts
STOICHIOLOGY: science of elements of animal tissues
STOMATOLOGY: Study of the mouth
STORIOLOGY: Study of folk tales
STRATIGRAPHY: Study of geological layers or strata
STRATOGRAPHY: art of leading an army
STYLOMETRY: studying literature by means of statistical analysis
SUICIDOLOGY: Study of suicide
SYMBOLOGY: Study of symbols
SYMPTOMATOLOGY: Study of symptoms of illness
SYNECOLOGY: Study of ecological communities
SYNECTICS: Study of processes of invention syntax Study of sentence structure
SYPHILOLOGY: Study of syphilis
SYSTEMATOLOGY: Study of systems
TAXIDERMY: art of curing and stuffing animals
TECTONICS: science of structure of objects, buildings and landforms
TEGESTOLOGY: study and collecting of beer mats
TELEOLOGY: Study of final causes; analysis in terms of purpose
TELMATOLOGY: Study of swamps
TERATOLOGY: Study of monsters, freaks, abnormal growths or malformations
TEUTHOLOGY: Study of cephalopods
TEXTOLOGY: Study of the production of texts
THALASSOGRAPHY: science of the sea
THANATOLOGY: Study of death and its customs
THAUMATOLOGY: Study of miracles
THEOLOGY: Study of religion; religious doctrine
THERIATRICS: veterinary medicine
THERIOGENOLOGY: Study of animals’ reproductive systems
THERMODYNAMICS: Study of relation of heat to motion
THERMOKINEMATICS: Study of motion of heat
THERMOLOGY: Study of heat
THEROLOGY: Study of wild mammals
THREMMATOLOGY: science of breeding domestic animals and plants
THREPSOLOGY: science of nutrition
TIDOLOGY: Study of tides
TIMBROLOGY: Study of postage stamps
TOCOLOGY: obstetrics; midwifery
TONETICS: Study of pronunciation
TOPOLOGY: Study of places and their natural features
TOPONYMICS: Study of place-names
TOREUTICS: Study of artistic work in metal
TOXICOLOGY: Study of poisons
TOXOPHILY: love of archery; archery; Study of archery
TRAUMATOLOGY: Study of wounds and their effects
TRIBOLOGY: Study of friction and wear between surfaces
TRICHOLOGY: Study of hair and its disorders
TROPHOLOGY: Study of nutrition
TSIGANOLOGY: Study of gypsies
TURNERY: art of turning in a lathe
TYPHLOLOGY: Study of blindness and the blind
TYPOGRAPHY: art of printing or using type
TYPOLOGY: Study of types of things
UFOLOGY: Study of alien spacecraft
URANOGRAPHY: descriptive astronomy and mapping
URANOLOGY: Study of the heavens; astronomy
URBANOLOGY: Study of cities
URENOLOGY: Study of rust molds
UROLOGY: Study of urine; urinary tract
VENEREOLOGY: Study of venereal disease
VERMEOLOGY: Study of worms
VEXILLOLOGY: Study of flags
VICTIMOLOGY: Study of victims
VINOLOGY: scientific Study of vines and winemaking
VIROLOGY: Study of viruses
VITRICS: glassy materials; glassware; Study of glassware
VULCANOLOGY: Study of volcanoes
XYLOGRAPHY: art of engraving on wood
XYLOLOGY: Study of wood
ZENOGRAPHY: Study of the planet Jupiter
ZOIATRICS: veterinary surgery
ZOOGEOGRAPHY: Study of geographic distribution of animals
ZOOLOGY: Study of animals
ZOONOMY: animal physiolog
ZOOPATHOLOGY: Study of animal diseases
ZOOPHYSIOLOGY: Study of physiology of animals
ZOOPHYTOLOGY: Study of plant-like animals
ZOOTAXY: science of classifying animals
ZOOTECHNICS: science of breeding animals
ZYGOLOGY: science of joining and fastening
ZYMOLOGY: science of fermentation
ZYMURGY: branch of chemistry dealing with brewing and distilling

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Solar Tower Power Plant and Green Technology

Solar Tower Power Plant and Green Technology
The Solar Tower Technology also known as solar updraft tower is a proposed type of renewable-energy power plant. Air is heated in a very large circular greenhouse-like structure, and the resulting convection causes the air to rise and escape through a tall tower. The moving air drives turbines, which produce electricity. A research prototype operated in Spain in the 1980s.

Solar Tower of Power Finds Home
The quest for a new form of green energy has taken a significant step with the purchase of a 25,000-acre sheep farm in the Australian outback. The huge alternative energy project isn’t driven by manure, but by a 1-kilometer-high thermal power station called the Solar Tower.

Schematic presentation of a Solar updraft tower is shown in the figure.

Description: Solar Tower Power Plant
The generating ability of a solar updraft power plant depends primarily on two factors: the size of the collector area and chimney height. With a larger collector area, more volume of air is warmed up to flow up the chimney; collector areas as large as 7 km in diameter have been considered. With a larger chimney height, the pressure difference increases the stack effect; chimneys as tall as 1000 m have been considered. Further, a combined increase of the collector area and the chimney height leads to massively larger productivity of the power plant.

Heat can be stored inside the collector area greenhouse, to be used to warm the air later on. Water, with its relatively high specific heat capacity, can be filled in tubes placed under the collector increasing the energy storage as needed.[3]

Turbines can be installed in a ring around the base of the tower, with a horizontal axis, as planned for the Australian project and seen in the diagram above; or—as in the prototype in Spain—a single vertical axis turbine can be installed inside the chimney.

Carbon dioxide is emitted only negligibly while operating, but is emitted more significantly during manufacture of its construction materials, particularly cement. Net energy payback is estimated to be 2-3 years.[3]

A solar updraft tower power station would consume a significant area of land if it were designed to generate as much electricity as is produced by modern power stations using conventional technology. Construction would be most likely in hot areas with large amounts of very low-value land, such as deserts, or otherwise degraded land.

A small-scale solar updraft tower may be an attractive option for remote regions in developing countries.[3] The relatively low-tech approach could allow local resources and labour to be used for its construction and maintenance.

Announced several years ago, the 3,280-foot Solar Tower is one of the most ambitious alternative energy projects on the planet: a renewable energy plant that pumps out the same power as a small reactor but is totally safe. If built, it will be nearly double the height of the world’s tallest structure, the CN Tower in Canada.

The Solar Tower is hollow in the middle like a chimney. At its base is a solar collector — a 25,000-acre, transparent circular skirt. The air under the collector is heated by the sun and funneled up the chimney by convection — hot air rises. As it rises, the air accelerates to 35 mph, driving 32 wind turbines inside the tower, which generate electricity much like conventional wind farms.

But the Solar Tower has a major advantage over wind farms and solar generators: It can operate with no wind, and 24 hours a day. Thanks to banks of solar cells, the tower stores heat during the day, allowing it to produce electricity continuously.

Originally slated to be operational this year, construction of the massive project won’t begin until 2006 at the earliest, said Roger Davey, chairman of EnviroMission Limited, the Melbourne, Australia, company behind the venture.

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But the purchase of the farm, which cost $1 million, near Mildura, Victoria, is a “very big step” in getting the project built, Davey said.

So far, the main impediment to building the tower has been the cost, with estimates ranging from $500 million to $750 million. Davey won’t say how much the project will ultimately cost but said the company is considering two new engineering innovations that will reduce construction costs and improve efficiency.

“It will make the project a totally different business case,” Davey said.

The timing couldn’t be better. With the price of oil topping $50 a barrel, many countries are looking for cheap energy and to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

“The time is now here,” Davey said. “The world is looking for a major renewable energy source.”

It’s estimated the Solar Tower will generate 200 megawatts, enough electricity to power 200,000 homes, and will keep 830,000 tons of greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere annually.

“Solar chimneys (towers) have become a hot area of research recently,” said S.A. Sherif, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of Florida, who wrote several papers on the technology in the early 1990s and is the technical editor of the Solar Energy journal.
by Stephen Leahy

Frequently Asked Questions about Solar Tower Technology

Who is EnviroMission?
What is Solar Tower Technology?
What will a Solar Tower power station look like?
What materials will be used?
How many hours in a day will it generate electricity?
Where will the world’s first Solar Tower power station be built?
What factors are critical to site determination?
Can it be built?
Why hasn’t Solar Tower technology been developed before now?
Will power from Solar Towers be competitive?

Who is EnviroMission?

Melbourne based EnviroMission is a newly formed green energy public company that listed on the ASX on 6 August 2001. The company owns an exclusive licence to innovative Solar Tower technology. We aim to commercialise the first 200MW Solar Tower power station in Australia by before 2008.

What is Solar Tower Technology?
Solar Tower technology is not simply solar energy. Solar Tower technology is created when the sun’s radiation is used to heat a large body of air, which is then forced by the laws of physics (hot air rises) to move as a hot wind through large turbines to generate electricity. A solar thermal power station using Solar Tower technology will create the conditions to cause hot wind to flow continuously through its turbines to generate electricity.

What will a Solar Tower power station look like?

The power station will be based on German designed Solar Tower technology. It will look like an enormous greenhouse canopy with a very tall hollow ventilation Tower located at its centre.

The sun’s radiation will be collected and trapped under the transparent canopy, creating a massive force of air heated to around 35°C greater than the ambient temperature. The laws of physics will make this air move at 15 metres per second towards the cold air at the top of the Tower located in centre of the canopy. The powerful updraft will force the rising air to pass through large turbines positioned at the base of the Tower. The movement of the hot wind through the turbines will generate up to 200MW of clean, emission free electricity – enough electricity for 200,000 typical Australian homes.


What materials will be used?

A Solar Tower has three major components: the collector zone (greenhouse), Solar Tower (chimney) and turbines.

The large roof of the collector zone will be covered translucent heat enhancing properties materials including glass, polycarbonate and polymer. The Tower will be constructed from reinforced high strength concrete. The large-scale turbines will be purpose designed and constructed from lightweight alloy materials like those used in aircraft manufacture.


How many hours in a day will it generate electricity?

EnviroMission’s Solar Tower is proposed to generate electricity 24-hours a day. The power station will be at its most efficient on the hottest days when energy is most needed and peak prices are paid for electricity.

Re-radiation of heat present in the ground under the collector zone will provide the energy source during the night. This special feature enhances the commercial viability of the power station and gives EnviroMission a consistent competitive advantage over other forms of renewable energy generation.

Where will the world’s first power station be built?
After an extensive search, EnviroMission has selected the site for the world’s first Solar Tower power station in the Buronga district of the Wentworth Shire in NSW and 25km north east of Mildura in Victoria. The proposed site confirms EnviroMission’s commitment to the Sunraysia Region of NSW and Victoria.

The project will need to meet the necessary planning approval codes, regulations and legislation of the Commonwealth, State and Local Government.

What factors are critical to site determination?

EnviroMission evaluated site suitability against the following criteria:

* Commerciality
* Access to Regional Infrastructure
* Solar radiation levels
* Weather patterns
* Geological stability
* Access to the electricity grid and transmission centres
* Geographic features
* Current land use and access to change of land use
* Environmental factors
* Federal Government support
* State Government support
* Local Government/regional support

Can it be built?

Prior to listing on the Australian Stock Exchange a technical review report prepared by Sinclair Knight Merz, one of Australia’s leading engineering specialists, independently assessed the Solar Tower’s design concepts and construction methods were well proven and it could be built in Australia.

A 50kW prototype Solar Tower plant was constructed and successfully operated in Manzanares, Spain, with involvement of the designer Professor Jörg Schlaich, and the Spanish Government in 1982. The prototype operated for seven years and conclusively proved the concept works. Data obtained from the prototype provided the basis for a scaled up 200MW generation plant.

Why hasn’t Solar Tower technology been developed before now?
Formerly referred to as Solar Chimney technology in academic literature - it is now marketed without the reference to chimney (to avoid confusion with the pollution associated with chimneys - this technology is emission free) - the Solar Tower has had in excess of A$35 million and twenty years of research and development invested in it. Now, more than ever before, the time is ideal to apply this technology.

For more than 100 years it has been relatively cheap, environmentally unaccountable and simple to dig up coal as a fuel source to produce electricity.

Enormous shifts in community values and understanding about the relationship between energy generation and its impact on the environment have evolved around the world. Combined with growing concerns about the relationship between energy generation with global warming and air quality a demand has evolved for alternative methods of electricity generation increasingly over the last 20 years.

Community concern about Australia’s over reliance on coal-based ‘black’ and ‘brown’ energy and the negative impact on the environment has helped to drive political change. There is now a legislated market for clean, green renewable energy, legislated as a Mandated Renewable Energy Target (9500 gWh annual renewable energy target by 2010) has opened the way for investment in new approaches to renewable energy generation. This recent incentive is important to the growth of renewable energy development including Solar Tower technology.

A further political incentive in the form of the Renewable Energy Credit (REC) developed by the Federal Government in 2001 has been developed to encourage new investment in renewable energy development, with the purpose of reducing greenhouse gases and increasing the amount of renewable energy output.

New materials, construction methods and government policy are now available to the extent that there is environmental, social and commercial advantage in the development of Solar Tower technology.

Will power from Solar Towers be competitive?
The selling price of Solar Tower renewable energy will be based on the average peak pool electricity price paid to generators plus an additional renewable energy credit incentive paid by retailers.

Further value is expected to be added to the internal rate of return through the emerging synthetic carbon trading instrument, where a premium is paid for a tradeable unit that represents a carbon abatement value - this form of trading will off-set carbon producing activity of companies needing to balance their carbon ledgers.

References
1. http://www.wired.com
2. http://www.enviromission.com.au/
3. wikipedia - Solar Tower
4. Youtube video service

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Islamic Science Museum in Istanbul

Islamic Science Museum in Istanbul
Islamic science and technology will be revived in Istanbul. A museum is being built at historical “Gul-han-eh Park”, or Gülhane Park. The museum will host the reproductions of the works of Islamic scientists. There will be 800 pieces of technology in the museum of which restoration has been started long ago.

The historical buildings which are known to be stables belonging to famous Topkapi Palace will be turned into a museum at the completion of the restoration works.

The architect of the museum which will display the contributions of the Muslim scientists is world famous professor FUAT SEZGIN who lives in Germany. The 83 years old architect hopes to see the inauguration of the museum.

Professor Sezgin who knows 27 languages and can read many sources from their original manuscripts has proven Muslim scientists laid the foundations of the world science history. Sezgin, who established a science museum which displays the foundation of the world science in Germany, wants to build a similar museum in Istanbul. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged his personal support for the completion of the museum.

The museum is expected to open in April. When the restoration has been completed the inventions of Muslim scientists will emerge as the contributions to the humanity.

Video About Islamic Science Museum in Istanbul

See also the post “Muslim Contribution to World Civilization”

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Muslim Contribution to World Civilization

Muslim Contribution to World Civilization
There are two Professors in the World now as frontiers of the work on Muslim Contribution to World Civilization. Professor Salim Al-Hassani is based in UK, Machester University whereas Turkish Professor Fuat Sezgin is based in Goethe University in Germany. The following is about Turkish Professor Fuat Sezgin.

Professor Fuat Sezgin’s Work on Muslim Contribution to World Civilization
Turkish Professor Emeritus of History of Science Fuat Sezgin, who crafted miniatures of 800 inventions by Muslims scholars throughout history and exhibits them in Frankfurt, Germany, fascinates the world.

Sezgin took the initiative to establish a museum in Istanbul similar to the Historical Museum of Islamic Sciences in Frankfurt and received support from the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

The symbolic works of Sezgin will be exhibited at a museum that will be established in the historic Suleymaniye Complex in Istanbul.
An authority in the history of science, Professor Sezgin will establish the museum in Istanbul similar to the Historical Museum of Islamic Sciences established in Frankfurt, Germany.

About 800 unique inventions from the fields of mathematics, astronomy, physics, chemistry, geography, geology, and mineralogy will be exhibited at the museum. These inventions, today, do not existent and could only be found in books by Muslim scholars from earlier centuries.

Sezgin coming together with Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Atilla Koc in Frankfurt recently said he would like to establish the museum in Istanbul, and that he would be supported both physically and financially.

“I am 81 years old. I’m getting older and don’t have much time left. Let’s finish this project quickly. In this way, I would also pay my debt of loyalty to my country and my nation,” the Professor said. He noted that such a museum would serve as a bridge between the East and the West. “Okay. We are ready. We can assign the Medresetu’r-Rabi at the Suleymaniye Complex for the museum project,” Koc replied.

Sezgin impressed by the minister’s remarks started to prepare the museum project. The renowned scholar will also donate 5,000 unique Islamic handwritten manuscripts, which he was unable to release to the Goethe University for display despite several requests, to the future museum in Istanbul.

Professor Sezgin manufacturing and reviving technological instruments invented by Islamic scholars in the earlier centuries exhibits them in the museum he opened in Frankfurt. Most of these inventions have either become obsolete or remained only in theory in the writings of the Islamic scholars. A water pump and clocks invented by Taqiyuddin Efendi, founder of the Istanbul Observatory in the 16th century, a weighing scale by Biruni and a compass manufactured based on his instructions, a ship by Arabian geographer Ibn Hauqal, the famous globe by Hilfe Ma’mun, and the renowned heaven sphere by Sufi are among the revived instruments exhibited.
Turkish scholars argue that modern science originally emerged from the inventions created by Islamic scholars. Noting that many inventions in the West emanated from inventions developed in the East, the professor specifically called on those that have sense of inferiority to the West to, “come to the museum. You will see that you don’t have a disgraceful history.”

Emphasizing that the Historical Museum of Islamic Sciences was an expression of the rich heritage of the Turkish nation and Islamic civilization, Sezgin continued, “European sciences emanated from Islamic sciences. This fact will be evidenced once again with this museum.

Sezgin is also the director of the Institute for the History of Arabic-Islamic Sciences at Goethe University. He established the Institute thanks to the King Faisal Prize (considered as the Nobel Prize of the Islamic world) that he won in 1982. He has twice been awarded a medal of merit by the Germangovernment.

Islamic Science Museum in Istanbul by Professor Fuat Sezgin

Professor Salim Al-Hassani’s Work on Muslim Contribution to World Civilization
Professor Salim Al-Hassani has published their work in UK in several places. Their work is well-known as 1001 Inventions. The following video on 1001 Inventions is taken in an exhibition on Muslim Contribution to World Civilization in Manchester.

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Nanotechnology Pictures

A new album titled Nanotechnology Pictures was added to Photo Gallery. If you want to share interesting pictures of Nanotechnology materials, products, carbon nanotubes, or pictures regarding nano processes, you can share in the album. The link for the album is http://www.drcetiner.org/photo_gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=19631

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