| “ | Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. - Arthur C. Clarke |
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Science Research is one of the four technology disciplines available at the Library. It unlocks many economic buildings and upgrades, and reduces research costs and times of all subsequent research.
Benefits[]
Like all Library research, Science research has a total of 7 levels to research. Each level researched...
- ...decreases research cost and time for all technologies (including
Age Advancements) by 10% per 
Science level.[note 1] - ...increases Line of Sight for all scouts (+2 tiles per level), cities (+2 tiles), and Lookouts (+3 tiles).
- ...increases resource bonus from Ruins by +25 per level (26 for the Spanish).
Science 1 (Written Word), along with a Dock, allows land units to travel to other landmasses on Sea maps. Science 6 (Electronics) reveals the entire map for the player; Fog of War effects still apply. Science 7 (Computerization) permanently reveals the player's own territory and allied territory. Science research is also required to unlock the Granary, Lumber Mill and Smelter, as well as unlocking their production technologies, including the University.
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Technology | Cost | Required for |
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| 1 |  Written Word |
120  50 
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Temple |
| 2 |  Mathematics |
120 80 
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Granary Lumber Mill General Spy Herbal Lore Construction Forage |
| 3 |  Chemistry |
200 160
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Smelter Agriculture Carpentry Literacy Medicine Architecture |
| 4 |  Laws of Nature |
300 300
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Crop Rotation Logging Industry Metal Alloys Printing Press Supply |
| 5 |  Electricity |
500 500
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Cold Casting Scientific Method Pharmaceuticals Engineering |
| 6 |  Electronics |
900 900
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Refinery Food Industry Papermill Steel Institutional Research Logistics |
| 7 |  Computerization |
1500 1500
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Supercomputers |
Rare resources[]
- Papyrus reduces Science Research cost by 25%. However, this does not work with the "yellow" future technology Artificial Intelligence.
Nation powers[]
- The American Power of Innovation: Start with Science 1 (Written Word) already researched (unless playing a Nomad or City Center Only game).
- The Chinese Power of Culture: Receive a 20% discount for all Science research.
- The Greek Power of Philosophy: Receive a general 10% discount on all Library research cost (except for Knowledge) and research 100% faster.
Trivia[]
- As mentioned in the trivia section of the Library page, researches have alternate titles depending on the starting and ending ages. For Science Research, they can be seen here.
Notes[]
- ↑ The actual effect on the cost of all researches is more complex than the in-game tooltip indicates.
The AGE parameter in Techrules.xml is used for calculating the final cost.
For the Library researches (except the Future Technologies) the current cost will be equal to the base cost (as defined by the COST parameter), if the AGE value of the target technology is equal to the amount of the currently researched Science technologies. (Note: until you research the Classical Age there will be extra 50% cost added to one of the resources for the majority of the Library technologies)
For the non-Library researches and the Future Technologies it works in a similar way, except the AGE value should be increased by 1, before comparing it to the amount of the researched Science technologies.
If there are less or more Science technologies researched than needed, for each "missing" one you'll get +10% increase of the base cost for the target technology, and for each "extra" one you'll get -10% decrease of the base cost.
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