exact science

1. A mathematical science, i.e. a field of science such as mathematics or mathematical physics which is capable of perfectly exact results based on rigorously formal methods.

2. (broadly)A field of science such as physics or chemistry that is not perfectly exact, but still capable of highly quantitative results based on methods that are not strictly rigorous, but still systematic and scrupulous.

   exakte Wissenschaft

   то́чная нау́каtóčnaja naúka

3. Used contrastively to characterize something as imprecise or relying on intuition or heuristics.

   Jury selection isn't an exact science.

   1967 Harry Levin, Why Literary Criticism Is Not an Exact Science (book title) (Harvard University Press)

1. It isn't an exact science.

   ruЭто не точная наука.

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2. Economics is not an exact science.

   Економіка не є точною наукою.

   ruЭкономика не является точной наукой.

   deDie Ökonomie ist keine exakte Wissenschaft.

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3. History is not an exact science.

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4. Even science is not an exact science.

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5. They say psychology isn't an exact science.

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