Over the course of the 19th century, the word science became increasingly associated with the scientific method itself, as a disciplined way to study the natural world, including physics, chemistry, geology and biology.
In July 2014, Microsoft announced plans to lay off 18,000 employees. Microsoft employed 127,104 people as of June 5, 2014, making this about a 14 percent reduction of its workforce as the biggest Microsoft lay off ever. It will include 12,500 professional and factory personnel.
In February 2006, Microsoft announced that it intended to expand its Redmond campus by 1,100,000 square feet (100,000 m 2) at a cost of $1 billion and said that this would create space for between 7,000 and 15,000 new employees over the following three years.