What are the main categories of books?

Books are divided into social science books and natural science books according to disciplines.

According to the language, it is divided into Chinese and foreign languages.

Divided into: ordinary books and reference books according to their uses.

Books are the main tools used by human beings to record all their achievements, and also the important media for human beings to blend feelings, acquire knowledge and inherit experience. They have made great contributions to the development of human civilization. Therefore, regardless of ancient and modern times, people always give the highest affirmation and special care to books.

UNESCO defines a book as: all printed materials with more than 49 pages published by a publishing house (enterprise), excluding the front cover and back cover, have a specific title and author's name, and have an international standard book number. A publication that is priced and protected by copyright is called a book.

Books are works recorded on certain forms of materials with words or other information symbols for the purpose of spreading culture. Books are the product of human thoughts, and they are a specific and developing tool for knowledge dissemination.

Extended data

Book discipline is divided into four types:

1, basic subject.

2. Applied disciplines (engineering disciplines in various industries, business, engineering, agronomy, forestry, etc.). ).

3. Emerging disciplines (computer, Marxism-Leninism, environmental protection, etc. ).

4. General discussion on disciplines (society, information). Logic, ethics, aesthetics, psychology, business, life, finance, engineering, agriculture, society and information are all defined by the basic disciplines of books.

Characters belong to language, demography belongs to society, cybernetics and system theory belong to information, materials belong to engineering, animal husbandry and aquatic products belong to breeding, aerospace belongs to medical care, books, information, archives and natural history belong to information, safety belongs to environmental protection and so on.

Humanity-is about human beliefs, emotions, thinking, behavior, lifestyle and social relations.

Natural science-knowledge about the form, structure, nature and laws of motion of natural substances.

Basic discipline-a discipline that studies the theory or technology of humanities and natural disciplines in a specific discipline. There are theoretical basic disciplines and technical basic disciplines.

Applied discipline-refers to the discipline in which basic disciplines are applied to a certain industry or field.

General discipline-refers to a theoretical discipline with broad significance in the fields of humanities or nature.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Book Classification

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-books