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** Monstrous Anatomy borders on regular xenobiology, but with an emphasis on the unnatural anatomies of monsters in the Neath and in [[DreamLand Parabola]], how to work with them and how to bring down the creatures through weaknesses innate only to such anatomies. It's also a measure of how monstrous ''your'' anatomy has gotten in a pinch, and can double as paleontology in a place as screwy as the Neath.

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** Monstrous Anatomy borders on regular xenobiology, but with an emphasis on the unnatural anatomies of monsters in the Neath and in [[DreamLand Parabola]], how to work with them and how to bring down the creatures through weaknesses innate only to such anatomies. It's also a measure of how monstrous ''your'' anatomy has gotten in a pinch, gotten, and (in a pinch) can double as paleontology in a place as screwy as the Neath.
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* A "Timeline of Geolosophical Eras" is seen pinned on Laura's wall on Page 1 of ''Webcomic/JennyAndTheMultiverse''.
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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' has several of these. One example is antimemetics, the study of things that can't be remembered.

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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' ''Website/SCPFoundation'' has several of these. One example is antimemetics, the study of things that can't be remembered.
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* ''Videogame/FallenLondon:'' Some of the game's advanced stats are expertise in one of these. Specifically:
** Scholar of the Correspondence is a very particular sort of linguistics dealing with [[LanguageOfMagic the Correspondence]]. It's a very delicate art, as the language is so unforgiving making a typo or even trying to pronounce it will set you on fire and melt through lead if overdone, but those who know what they're doing can [[RealityWarper redirect reality closer to their desires]] by hijacking what they know is [[spoiler:the language of the god-like Judgements]].
** Artisan of the Red Science denotes skill in a particular form of [[RealityWarper reality alteration]] that must play by certain rules while bypassing others, be it by rhetoric or by exploiting the looser realities of the Neath. It's denoted as a science of breaking chains, but that you ''must'' know the chains to know how to break them.
** Kataleptic Toxicology is a variant of chemistry focused on Neath-born substances and their less-than-natural effects upon the human(?) body. It covers substances from the merely exceedingly lethal to the outright esoteric (such as [[MoralityGuidedAttack poisons that know what you did]] and {{Immortality Inducer}}s).
** Monstrous Anatomy borders on regular xenobiology, but with an emphasis on the unnatural anatomies of monsters in the Neath and in [[DreamLand Parabola]], how to work with them and how to bring down the creatures through weaknesses innate only to such anatomies. It's also a measure of how monstrous ''your'' anatomy has gotten in a pinch, and can double as paleontology in a place as screwy as the Neath.
** Glasswork is the science that works with [[DreamLand Parabola]] and its unique framework of physics based on mental metaphor and general dreams. People who often need to work with others' dreams would do well to brush up on it, and it's fundamental to people like Silverers who cross the mirror on a regular basis.
** Shapeling Arts is the skill that Rubbery Men and people who have dealings with them use to physically alter their own bodies and those of others. Such changes are ''very'' variable, going from very temporary alterations that let you not break your bones on a NegativeSpaceWedgie or push yourself through a hole the size of an arm, to outright giving yourself new limbs and other permanent modifications; the unifying idea is to evolve into something better, for the situation or for life.
** [[spoiler:Steward of the Discordance]] is in ways the opposite to Scholar of the Correspendence thanks to the language being the ''literal'' opposite. Trying to steer reality down paths of your liking with it is likely to freeze your eyeballs until they crack even if you ''do'' know what you're doing, and [[spoiler:the Laws imposed by it when you even ''read'' it can only be removed if you forget it ever happened]]. But knowing this language is a factor, it's better to have it studied, and know what it can do.
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* ''Fanfic/RocketshipVoyager'' is a ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' fanfic written InTheStyleOf a 1950's sci-fi magazine pulp. Psionics and psychohistory both get honorable mentions.

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* Creator/GordonRDickson's ''Literature/ChildeCycle'' - The Exoctics have a social science called ontogenetics that allow them to perceive patterns in human history and to a certain degree predict which individuals and events will be key points in the evolution of humans to a higher state of being. While the exact details are intentionally left vague, it is said to involve calculations that take into account every person in all the world, as well as how institutions and societies shape the pattern of history and human evolution. One component of the science is the idea that certain individuals have an unusually large impact on the pattern of history. Creator/GordonRDickson often uses this as something of a {{lampshade|Hanging}} and [[JustifiedTrope in-universe justification]] for the fact that his MainCharacters (some arguably rising to the level of TheChosenOne) all play a major role in the movement of the MythArc toward his planned final ending, which sadly was never revealed in full because the author DiedDuringProduction.
* Pthiriology, the study of lice, from ''The chair of Pthiriology'' chapter of ''Literature/{{Gog}}''. The eponymous protagonist said that he wanted to create at the University of W. a chair that does not exist in any university in the world. Among the many proposals, this one was his favourite. The person who wrote it wanted to study lice not only from a taxonomic and biological perspective, but also culturally, in the arts and literature, politics and religion, giving many example of its significance in these fields.

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* Creator/GordonRDickson's ''Literature/ChildeCycle'' by Creator/GordonRDickson - The Exoctics have a social science called ontogenetics that allow them to perceive patterns in human history and to a certain degree predict which individuals and events will be key points in the evolution of humans to a higher state of being. While the exact details are intentionally left vague, it is said to involve calculations that take into account every person in all the world, as well as how institutions and societies shape the pattern of history and human evolution. One component of the science is the idea that certain individuals have an unusually large impact on the pattern of history. Creator/GordonRDickson often uses this as something of a {{lampshade|Hanging}} and [[JustifiedTrope in-universe justification]] for the fact that his MainCharacters (some arguably rising to the level of TheChosenOne) all play a major role in the movement of the MythArc toward his planned final ending, which sadly was never revealed in full because the author DiedDuringProduction.
* ''Literature/{{Gog}}'': Pthiriology, the study of lice, from ''The chair of Pthiriology'' chapter of ''Literature/{{Gog}}''.chapter. The eponymous protagonist said that he wanted to create at the University of W. a chair that does not exist in any university in the world. Among the many proposals, this one was his favourite. The person who wrote it wanted to study lice not only from a taxonomic and biological perspective, but also culturally, in the arts and literature, politics and religion, giving many example of its significance in these fields.



* Creator/StanislawLem's novel ''Literature/{{Solaris}}'' has "solaristics", the study of the titular planet.

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* Creator/StanislawLem's novel ''Literature/{{Solaris}}'' by Creator/StanislawLem has "solaristics", the study of the titular planet.



* The ''Franchise/StargateVerse'' has [[OurWormholesAreDifferent Wormhole Physics]].



* The ''Franchise/StargateVerse'' has [[OurWormholesAreDifferent Wormhole Physics]].



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* ''{{Series/Farscape}}'' has [[OurWormholesAreDifferent Wormhole Physics]].

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* ''Manga/HeterogeniaLinguistico'' is about a linguist/anthropologist studying the languages of various nonhuman species, like WolfMen, LizardMen, and [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent minotaurs]].



* ''Manga/HeterogeniaLinguistico'' is about a linguist/anthropologist studying the languages of various nonhuman species, like WolfMen, LizardMen, and [[OurMinotaursAreDifferent minotaurs]].







* In the Creator/MarvelComics ''ComicBook/CivilWar'' series, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Reed Richards]] helps Comicbook/IronMan with the Superhuman Registration Act because he'd calculated the future of society by [[PrescienceByAnalysis Psychohistory]]. In one issue, he explicitly stated that he'd been fascinated by Asimov's description about the discipline as a child, and as a result, had actually {{defictionaliz|ation}}ed it in-universe. He and Johnny even went and brought the Thinker to his HQ and showed him his equations, as aside from Reed he was probably the only one who could understand them.

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* The Franchise/StargateVerse has [[OurWormholesAreDifferent Wormhole Physics]]. As does ''{{Series/Farscape}}''.

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* In ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'', [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3652 Evie]] is a [=Ph.D.=] candidate in post-[[TheSingularity Singularity]] psychology, studying the minds of {{Artificial Intelligence}}s and their integration into human society.
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* In ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'', [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3652 Evie]] is a [=Ph.D.=] candidate in post-[[TheSingularity Singularity]] psychology, studying the minds of {{Artificial Intelligence}}s and their integration into human society.
-->'''Evie:''' I've actually got an AI colleague who's studying me studying AI.
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* ''Manga/HeterogeniaLinguistico'' is about a linguist/anthropologist studying the languages of various nonhuman species, like WolfMen, LizardMen, and {{minotaur}}s.

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* ''Manga/HeterogeniaLinguistico'' is about a linguist/anthropologist studying the languages of various nonhuman species, like WolfMen, LizardMen, and {{minotaur}}s.[[OurMinotaursAreDifferent minotaurs]].
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* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' has several scientists who are studying ''magic''. Tedd Verres and Dr. Germahn will - in an upcoming arc - be sharing a lab for this purpose.

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* ''{{Webcomic/Comc}}'': Asafeiology. Explained partially in TheRant of the [[https://sites.google.com/site/comccomic/archive/comcnewyearsspecial2014 2014 New Year's special.]]


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* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': Sally at one point mentions an "Outer Science" class, which presumably relates to the study of what -- if anything -- is on the other side of the [[DomedHometown Great Barrier]].
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* ''Manga/HeterogeniaLinguistico'' is about a linguist/anthropologist studying the languages of various nonhuman species, like WolfMen, LizardMen, and {{minotaur}}s.


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* In ''Literature/InCryptid'', cryptozoology is a legitimate (though secret) branch of zoology, which often crosses into anthropology when the cryptids in question are sapient.
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* Creator/GordonRDickson's ''Literature/ChildeCycle'' - The Exoctics have a social science called ontogenetics that allow them to perceive patterns in human history and to a certain degree predict which individuals and events will be key points in the evolution of humans to a higher state of being. While the exact details are intentionally left vague, it is said to involve calculations that take into account every person in all the world, as well as how institutions and societies shape the pattern of history and human evolution. One component of the science is the idea that certain individuals have an unusually large impact on the pattern of history. Creator/GordonRDickson often uses this as something of a {{lampshade|Hanging}} and [[JustifiedTrope in-universe justification]] for the fact that his MainCharacters (some arguably rising to the level of TheChosenOne) all play a major role in the movement of the MythArc toward his planned final ending, which sadly was never revealed in full because of AuthorExistenceFailure.

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* Creator/GordonRDickson's ''Literature/ChildeCycle'' - The Exoctics have a social science called ontogenetics that allow them to perceive patterns in human history and to a certain degree predict which individuals and events will be key points in the evolution of humans to a higher state of being. While the exact details are intentionally left vague, it is said to involve calculations that take into account every person in all the world, as well as how institutions and societies shape the pattern of history and human evolution. One component of the science is the idea that certain individuals have an unusually large impact on the pattern of history. Creator/GordonRDickson often uses this as something of a {{lampshade|Hanging}} and [[JustifiedTrope in-universe justification]] for the fact that his MainCharacters (some arguably rising to the level of TheChosenOne) all play a major role in the movement of the MythArc toward his planned final ending, which sadly was never revealed in full because of AuthorExistenceFailure.the author DiedDuringProduction.
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*** Psychohistory is the science of [[PrescienceByAnalysis predicting the behaviours of groups]], from countries to worlds to galaxies, developed by Hari Seldon. Few specifics are given about this science, but its ability to create [[TheProphecy prophecy]] drives the plot of every story. Psychohistory isn't designed to predict the actions of an individual, although the more advanced scientists of the field do so on a regular basis. The mathematics contain unique symbols that describes reactions and are often [[TranslationConvention rephrased for the audience as statements in English]]. The term Psychohistory was invented by Dr Asimov, but psychologists adopted it for use in their field, although its RealLife counterpart has a different meaning.

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*** Psychohistory is the science of [[PrescienceByAnalysis predicting the behaviours of groups]], from countries to worlds to galaxies, developed by Hari Seldon. Few specifics are given about this science, but its ability to create [[TheProphecy prophecy]] drives the plot of every story. Psychohistory isn't designed to predict the actions of an individual, although the more advanced scientists of the field do so on a regular basis. The mathematics contain unique symbols that describes describe reactions and are often [[TranslationConvention rephrased for the audience as statements in English]]. The term Psychohistory was invented by Dr Asimov, but psychologists adopted it for use in their field, although its RealLife counterpart has a different meaning.
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* Steven Wright has a degree in calcium anthropology, the study of milkmen.
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* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' has several of these. One example is antimemetics, the study of things that can't be remembered.
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*** "Literature/TheEncyclopedists": Symbolic logic is a field where language is parsed more simply, where words and concepts are transformed into symbols. Mayor Hardin uses it to analyze the various statements given to Terminus from Anacreon and the Empire, which finally proves to the Board of Trustees that they've been abandoned. Later stories would have Seldon mention similar symbols used by psychohistory.
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* ''Fanfic/RocketshipVoyager'' is a ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' fanfic written InTheStyleOf a 1950's sci-fi magazine pulp. Psionics and psychohistory both gets honorable mentions.

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* ''Fanfic/RocketshipVoyager'' is a ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' fanfic written InTheStyleOf a 1950's sci-fi magazine pulp. Psionics and psychohistory both gets get honorable mentions.
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** ''Literature/PebbleInTheSky'': The mapping and demographics of Galactography is mentioned, due to having a GalacticSuperpower.
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** "Literature/TheBicentennialMan": Andrew initially names his creation of ArtificialLimbs "robobiology", but as other people studied his designs, it became known as prosthetology instead. It refers to the creation of extremely life-like prosthetics, equivalent to DeceptivelyHumanRobots level replacements for humans.
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* Alchemy is a well-known and respected field of science in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', with the government eager to employ exceptional alchemists and sponsor their research. Alchemy is [[ScienceMarchesOn (or was)]] a discipline in RealLife, but it doesn't actually work unless you count people who have a particle accelerator.
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* ''Fanfic/RocketshipVoyager'' is a ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' fanfic written InTheStyleOf a 1950's sci-fi magazine pulp. Psionics and psychohistory both gets honorable mentions.
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* So many sci-fi works across the various media forms have Psionics, the "[[ClarkesThirdLaw scientific]]" study of PsychicPowers, that listing them all would overshadow the rest of the examples.

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* So many sci-fi works across the various media forms have Psionics, the "[[ClarkesThirdLaw scientific]]" study of PsychicPowers, that listing them all would overshadow the rest of the examples. The term was first used in fiction by Creator/JackWilliamson, and heavily promoted by editor Creator/JohnWCampbell under the belief that there was some scientific validity to the paranormal.
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** "Literature/LetsGetTogether": Mentalics, as defined by this story, is "the name given to the biochemistry and biophysics of thought". It also mentions hyperatomics and [[DeflectorShields force-field]] research.
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*** Gravitics, the study of gravitational fields (also containing pseudo-gravitics, the study of artificial gravitational fields). Foster got his doctorate in an even ''narrower'' field, the study of how photons move in artificially generated gravity. Foster's expertise in this field gives him new insight into the unrelated neutrinics, allowing him to design a visual-only chronoscope [[HomemadeInventions using only the equipment available in a household workshop]].

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*** Gravitics, the study of gravitational fields (also containing pseudo-gravitics, the study of artificial gravitational fields). Foster got his doctorate in an even ''narrower'' field, the study of how photons move in artificially generated artificially-generated gravity. Foster's expertise in this field gives him new insight into the unrelated neutrinics, allowing him to design a visual-only chronoscope [[HomemadeInventions using only the equipment available in a household workshop]].
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* Pthiriology, the study of lice, from ''The chair of Pthiriology'' chapter of the ''Literature/{{Gog}}''. The eponymous protagonist said that he wanted to create at the University of W. a chair that does not exist in any university in the world. Among the many proposals, this one was his favourite. The person who wrote it wanted to study lice not only from a taxonomic and biological perspective, but also culturally, in the arts and literature, politics and religion, giving many example of its significance in these fields.

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* Pthiriology, the study of lice, from ''The chair of Pthiriology'' chapter of the ''Literature/{{Gog}}''. The eponymous protagonist said that he wanted to create at the University of W. a chair that does not exist in any university in the world. Among the many proposals, this one was his favourite. The person who wrote it wanted to study lice not only from a taxonomic and biological perspective, but also culturally, in the arts and literature, politics and religion, giving many example of its significance in these fields.

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* Pthiriology, the study of lice, from ''The chair of Pthiriology'' chapter of the ''Literature/{{Gog}}''. The eponymous protagonist said that he wanted to create at the University of W. a chair that does not exist in any university in the world. Among the many proposals, this one was his favourite. The person who wrote it wanted to study lice not only from a taxonomic and biological perspective, but also culturally, in the arts and literature, politics and religion, giving many example of its significance in these fields.
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