• Question: How many different type of scientists are there

    Asked by SakinahM to Roman L, minaldayaram, Eva S, Emma, Chad Y. on 16 Nov 2025.
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      Chad Yanyatan answered on 16 Nov 2025:

      There are so many types of scientists out there. Generally speaking, there are some major categories that they belong to such as natural sciences, formal sciences and social sciences. The most common scientists that you can find are computer or data scientists followed by biological scientists. Computer scientists work in many fields and industries including artificial intelligence. Biological scientists work in biomedicine, healthcare, biological research, drug discovery etc. To answer your question, there are hundreds of different type of scientists and they can be found in almost any industry that you can think of. Scientists are very important in almost any industry, they are always high in demand.

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      Eva Simpson answered on 15 Jan 2026:

      There are millions of scientists around the world, and they don’t all do the same thing. There are hundreds of different types of scientists, often grouped into areas like life sciences, materials science, computer science, and many more. Within these groups, scientists can specialise in a topic they find really interesting. This is exciting because it means people can focus on the questions they care most about. It’s also why scientists from different backgrounds work together, as big questions are best answered by looking at them from lots of different perspectives.

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    juliewillecomme commented on :

    So many!!! That’s what’s great about science: there’s something for everyone. Chemistry, biology, analytical, formulation, process engineering, (…) the list is long. The challenge that comes with that is how we work together as people with slightly different skills and “languages”…