So: there are approximately 590 words listed under nine
sub-categories. Would you like to know
what these are? Of course you
would. Religions and religious groups;
religious officers; writings; services; building types; buildings and sites;
festivals and holidays; symbols; terms to do with religion. Then it says ‘see also:
abbey; angel; apostle; archbishop; Bible; Buddhism; cardinal;
cathedral; celebration; ceremony; chief rabbi; Christianity; Christmas; church;
clerical vestment; cross; Dalai Lama; diocese; fast; Hinduism; Islam; Judaism;
missionary; mythology; patriarch; plague; pope; prayer; priest; prophet;
reformer; religious order; saint; Sikhism; theology’.
I haven’t had time, yet, to delve into this additional
reading list, though I probably should – what exactly is ‘plague’ doing in
there? Seven of Egypt, probably – but I was
moved to skip forward a few pages, to ‘Science’. Here we find about a third as many words, 185,
under just four sub-headings: Sciences; scientific concepts; scientific
instruments; SI prefixes. The ‘see also’
list is equally fascinating:
‘acid; amino acid; anatomy; atom; bacteria; biochemistry;
biology; botany; chemistry; classification; electricity; engine; gas; gauge;
genetics; geology; hydrocarbon; laboratory; law; measurement; medicine;
meteorology; oil; optics; ore; plastic; psychiatry; psychology; radiation;
study; zoology’.
I‘m not sure what to make of all this.
My father, in the late 1920s, read Natural Sciences at Oxford. His was the first class to study biochemistry. Which is barely relevant, but a subject to hang a comment on, because the list is a bit random, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteThere are sites that will require you to meet a certain number of words before you post your creation. Word counters could be used for you to know how many words your article has.
ReplyDeleteI see that 'theology' doesn't appear as a science.
ReplyDeleteCreationism appears on the main list as a religion, though.
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