Science and Technology is the basis of modern civilization. The age in which we
live can rightly be called the age of science and technology.
The progress of science and technology has made many useful achievements in
every field of our life.
In everyday life, we enjoy various gifts of science and technology that have
made our life more easy and comfortable than before.
The morning newspaper which brings to us all important news of the whole world is a
product of science.
For our daily comforts science has given us the electric light, the electric fan, the refrigerator
and the electric oven.
Science and technology has made our means of communication and transport very easy.
Buses, trains, ships and Aeroplanes
uses advanced technologies and carry us to distant
places for more quickly.
Newer technologies help us in taking out all the minerals liker coal, iron, gold, diamond and
mica from the science.
Introduction of latest technology in the works of cultivation by the scientific methods have
greatly increased the production of crops.
Science and technology also provides us with the some means of amusement like radio,
television and video that entertains us.
Many life giving medicines that cure our diseases are also the gift of science.
Now satellites are sent to the sky to bring many information of the outer space.
Man has even been able to set foot on the moon and know many things about other planets.
All the above wonders have been possible only due to development of science and
technology.
The gross use of science and technology for destructive purposes has twined it to a curse.
Deadly scientific weapons like atom and hydrogen bombs, missiles can destroy the whole
world in a moment.
Atomic energy can be used effectively for constructive purposes. It can turn a desert into a
fertile land. It can also be used in curing some incurable diseases, if scientific research is
properly made in this respect.
Thus, science and technology can make the human civilization perfect in all respect.
We live in age of science and technology. Scientific inventions and modern day technologies
have completely changed the human life and paving the way for our future. Science and
Technology has added greatly to our material comforts. It has also quickened the tempo of
life. It has given man an altogether new social and political outlook. Hence in this age the
study of science is a necessity. Without such study a modern man is is like a bullock cart
lumbering behind a motorized vehicle.
It should Begin at school – with the training of Observation
The study of science should begin early in life. The first steps should be to teach boys and
girls the habit of observation. The child is always interested in trees, in flowers, in birds, in
insects, in all the things that he sees around him. His curiosity in this regard should be
fostered and developed. This can be done easily and naturally if teaching be related to those
material objects that he is always seeing. This impact.
After a kindergarten course of this kind, books on science and technology should be
gradually introduced. Here also practice, demonstration, actual experiments should precede
the study of theories. It is only after the mind is well trained with the help of examples and
experiments that the explanations of theories should be attempted. In our country, the
reverse method is largely followed. It means wastage of time. A student passes out by mere
memory work, and as memory becomes faint, his knowledge becomes nebular, leaving him
in his original state of ignorance.
Its influences on the Mind
The study of science and technology has an educative influence on the mind, and is of
farreaching
importance. It makes one a lover of truth. It creates realistic attitude to life. It is
also the enemy of superstition. A scientist depends on his powers of observation, reason for
his knowledge of truth. By applying his reason to observed facts before believing in anything,
he acquires patience and diligence. He thus lays the foundation of true knowledge.
The study of science and technology acts as a perpetual urge to acquire knowledge. It
deepens our sense of the mystery of creation. The more we know of the secrets of nature,
the more we realized how much remains unknown. Today scientists speak of the wonder of
nature with a thrill of emotion. We are learning as much of the secrets of the atoms in space
as of the molecular cells in living organism.
So a modern curriculum of studies must include the study of science and technology,
because the modern man needs a scientific mind in approaching the problems of life.
This is an age of science. We all enjoy the fruits of science. A modern man minus science is
a nonentity.
He uses the gifts of science every moment.
In fact, science makes his daily life smooth, easygoing
and convenient. It also makes him
intellectually sound and strong.
Scientific study helps him to judge everything in the light of reason. False beliefs no longer
rule his life. He becomes free from dogmas.
Science provides him with the things of daily use. The following examples explain the
importance of science in everyday life.
People can’t go without electricity.
People moves from one place to another with the help of vehicles. They read books,
newspapers, etc.
TV. and radio entertains him, computer lessens the manual work.
Internet and fax transmits communication in the swiftest time possible.
Airconditioner
and refrigerator are ready to serve us in hot summer.
Medical science with wonderful inventions lessens the pain in times of ailment.
All this explains why a man of today is fond of the study of science.
We live in an age of science. We feel the influence of science at every moment in almost
every sphere of life. Indeed, modern civilization is based on the gifts of science.
Wherever we cast our eyes, we see the achievement of science is industry, commerce,
medicine, communication, etc.
Science has revolutionized our way of life. However, it has both advantages and
disadvantages. They are each discussed below briefly.
Advantages
Science has minimized our hardship and has increased pleasures and comfort. Now it cures
our maladies, shortens distances, bridges gulfs and brings comforts and lifts up the veil of
nature’s mystery.
Travelling: The quick means of travel has made the world a very small place to live in.
Computers: The computer, the greatest gift of the 20th century, has relieved man from
manual and mental labor to a great extent.
Television: After his day’s work in his workplace when he feels bored, he may watch his TV
which gives relief to his tired nerves.
Telephone: Through telephone he speaks to his distant friends or consults his physician.
Medical Science: He can get the benefit of modern drugs or surgery, which is the products of
science.
Disadvantages
Yet, there are some disadvantages of science.
Science has not only invented a robot, but has turned a man into a robot in some cases.
Satellites are widely used for espionage purposes.
Excessive industrialization has lead to air pollution and other health hazards.
It snatches the soul of a man when he runs a race in mad pursuit of material prosperity.
In the past, there were only eight wonders in the world. But today there are hundreds of
wonders. Every invention of science has changed this world into a land of wonders. These
wonders are not only beautiful but also useful.
How wonderful our aeroplane is! We were not born with wings. But we always wished to fly
like birds. Science has given us what God has not. Today we can fly to any corner of the
world. Rivers and mountains cannot stand in the way. How cheap and how easy it is to travel
now! Today we can travel even to the moon. Our jets and rockets will carry us there. What a
change from bullock cart to aeroplane!
Our radio is even more wonderful. What a useful servant it is! It brings music and news from
far and wide. You hear great men and enjoy music in your own room. This wide world now
lies in your small pocket. How small your transistor is, but how wonderful its service is! Now
you can hold the whole world between your fingers. But our television is more wonderful still.
You not only hear but also see the whole world with your own eyes. You see people talk or
sing or dance. Thus science has conquered both time and space.
Electricity is not less wonderful. Electricity lights our homes and streets. It gives us fire, too.
It moves our trains and trams. It runs our mills and factories. You switch on a button and get
everything. What a wonder! Even a magician cannot do what electricity does.
So, today we cannot live without science. Science gives us a new life. How easy now is the
work of doctors and surgeons! A surgeon does what even a magician cannot. How
wonderful is the work of X’ray!
Is this ray less wonderful than the rays of the sun?
But science has produced some fearful things, too. Atom bombs and hydrogen bombs are
great wonders, no doubt, but they are also great dangers for man.
There is, however, nothing wrong with science itself. Science has given us atomic energy. It
is a very powerful weapon. In fact, this is the greatest wonder of science.
But it is for us to use it well. Atomic energy if rightly used can create new heaven upon this
earth and it will be more wonderful than the old heaven upon this earth and it will be more
wonderful than the old heaven created by God Himself. But if we misuse this energy, the
earth will become much worse than hell itself. It is for us to make a hell or heaven of this
earth.
Victory goes to the nation which is more highly developed in science. This fact explains why
science progresses so rapidly under the stress of war. Formerly, wars were won or lost in
the battlefields, but they are now won or lost in the laboratories.
Application of science: Science fortifies a nation with power against the aggression o the
enemy. The powerful nations has a bias in favor of science. In the struggle for existence,
lack of scientific training is a serious drawback. The study of science, therefore, should
receive more and more attention from the state.
Science has conquered time and space, wrested many a secret from nature, and has made
man immensely powerful.
How science can kill war? It is by science alone that we can kill war. Science gives power to
man and if all nations are equally powerful, the world will be in a state of equilibrium. The
possibility of war will thus be eliminated and peace will descend on earth.
Conclusion: is permissible to hope that science will establish her reign all over the human
world and then will peace come down to the earth.
Needless to say, science should aim at marking men brighter, healthier and nobler. Atomic
power should not be used only for the manufacture of that terrible engine of destruction, the
atom bomb. It is capable of being put to beneficial uses also. It can accelerate, to an
incredible extent, industrial and agricultural production as w
live can rightly be called the age of science and technology.
The progress of science and technology has made many useful achievements in
every field of our life.
In everyday life, we enjoy various gifts of science and technology that have
made our life more easy and comfortable than before.
The morning newspaper which brings to us all important news of the whole world is a
product of science.
For our daily comforts science has given us the electric light, the electric fan, the refrigerator
and the electric oven.
Science and technology has made our means of communication and transport very easy.
Buses, trains, ships and Aeroplanes
uses advanced technologies and carry us to distant
places for more quickly.
Newer technologies help us in taking out all the minerals liker coal, iron, gold, diamond and
mica from the science.
Introduction of latest technology in the works of cultivation by the scientific methods have
greatly increased the production of crops.
Science and technology also provides us with the some means of amusement like radio,
television and video that entertains us.
Many life giving medicines that cure our diseases are also the gift of science.
Now satellites are sent to the sky to bring many information of the outer space.
Man has even been able to set foot on the moon and know many things about other planets.
All the above wonders have been possible only due to development of science and
technology.
The gross use of science and technology for destructive purposes has twined it to a curse.
Deadly scientific weapons like atom and hydrogen bombs, missiles can destroy the whole
world in a moment.
Atomic energy can be used effectively for constructive purposes. It can turn a desert into a
fertile land. It can also be used in curing some incurable diseases, if scientific research is
properly made in this respect.
Thus, science and technology can make the human civilization perfect in all respect.
We live in age of science and technology. Scientific inventions and modern day technologies
have completely changed the human life and paving the way for our future. Science and
Technology has added greatly to our material comforts. It has also quickened the tempo of
life. It has given man an altogether new social and political outlook. Hence in this age the
study of science is a necessity. Without such study a modern man is is like a bullock cart
lumbering behind a motorized vehicle.
It should Begin at school – with the training of Observation
The study of science should begin early in life. The first steps should be to teach boys and
girls the habit of observation. The child is always interested in trees, in flowers, in birds, in
insects, in all the things that he sees around him. His curiosity in this regard should be
fostered and developed. This can be done easily and naturally if teaching be related to those
material objects that he is always seeing. This impact.
After a kindergarten course of this kind, books on science and technology should be
gradually introduced. Here also practice, demonstration, actual experiments should precede
the study of theories. It is only after the mind is well trained with the help of examples and
experiments that the explanations of theories should be attempted. In our country, the
reverse method is largely followed. It means wastage of time. A student passes out by mere
memory work, and as memory becomes faint, his knowledge becomes nebular, leaving him
in his original state of ignorance.
Its influences on the Mind
The study of science and technology has an educative influence on the mind, and is of
farreaching
importance. It makes one a lover of truth. It creates realistic attitude to life. It is
also the enemy of superstition. A scientist depends on his powers of observation, reason for
his knowledge of truth. By applying his reason to observed facts before believing in anything,
he acquires patience and diligence. He thus lays the foundation of true knowledge.
The study of science and technology acts as a perpetual urge to acquire knowledge. It
deepens our sense of the mystery of creation. The more we know of the secrets of nature,
the more we realized how much remains unknown. Today scientists speak of the wonder of
nature with a thrill of emotion. We are learning as much of the secrets of the atoms in space
as of the molecular cells in living organism.
So a modern curriculum of studies must include the study of science and technology,
because the modern man needs a scientific mind in approaching the problems of life.
This is an age of science. We all enjoy the fruits of science. A modern man minus science is
a nonentity.
He uses the gifts of science every moment.
In fact, science makes his daily life smooth, easygoing
and convenient. It also makes him
intellectually sound and strong.
Scientific study helps him to judge everything in the light of reason. False beliefs no longer
rule his life. He becomes free from dogmas.
Science provides him with the things of daily use. The following examples explain the
importance of science in everyday life.
People can’t go without electricity.
People moves from one place to another with the help of vehicles. They read books,
newspapers, etc.
TV. and radio entertains him, computer lessens the manual work.
Internet and fax transmits communication in the swiftest time possible.
Airconditioner
and refrigerator are ready to serve us in hot summer.
Medical science with wonderful inventions lessens the pain in times of ailment.
All this explains why a man of today is fond of the study of science.
We live in an age of science. We feel the influence of science at every moment in almost
every sphere of life. Indeed, modern civilization is based on the gifts of science.
Wherever we cast our eyes, we see the achievement of science is industry, commerce,
medicine, communication, etc.
Science has revolutionized our way of life. However, it has both advantages and
disadvantages. They are each discussed below briefly.
Advantages
Science has minimized our hardship and has increased pleasures and comfort. Now it cures
our maladies, shortens distances, bridges gulfs and brings comforts and lifts up the veil of
nature’s mystery.
Travelling: The quick means of travel has made the world a very small place to live in.
Computers: The computer, the greatest gift of the 20th century, has relieved man from
manual and mental labor to a great extent.
Television: After his day’s work in his workplace when he feels bored, he may watch his TV
which gives relief to his tired nerves.
Telephone: Through telephone he speaks to his distant friends or consults his physician.
Medical Science: He can get the benefit of modern drugs or surgery, which is the products of
science.
Disadvantages
Yet, there are some disadvantages of science.
Science has not only invented a robot, but has turned a man into a robot in some cases.
Satellites are widely used for espionage purposes.
Excessive industrialization has lead to air pollution and other health hazards.
It snatches the soul of a man when he runs a race in mad pursuit of material prosperity.
In the past, there were only eight wonders in the world. But today there are hundreds of
wonders. Every invention of science has changed this world into a land of wonders. These
wonders are not only beautiful but also useful.
How wonderful our aeroplane is! We were not born with wings. But we always wished to fly
like birds. Science has given us what God has not. Today we can fly to any corner of the
world. Rivers and mountains cannot stand in the way. How cheap and how easy it is to travel
now! Today we can travel even to the moon. Our jets and rockets will carry us there. What a
change from bullock cart to aeroplane!
Our radio is even more wonderful. What a useful servant it is! It brings music and news from
far and wide. You hear great men and enjoy music in your own room. This wide world now
lies in your small pocket. How small your transistor is, but how wonderful its service is! Now
you can hold the whole world between your fingers. But our television is more wonderful still.
You not only hear but also see the whole world with your own eyes. You see people talk or
sing or dance. Thus science has conquered both time and space.
Electricity is not less wonderful. Electricity lights our homes and streets. It gives us fire, too.
It moves our trains and trams. It runs our mills and factories. You switch on a button and get
everything. What a wonder! Even a magician cannot do what electricity does.
So, today we cannot live without science. Science gives us a new life. How easy now is the
work of doctors and surgeons! A surgeon does what even a magician cannot. How
wonderful is the work of X’ray!
Is this ray less wonderful than the rays of the sun?
But science has produced some fearful things, too. Atom bombs and hydrogen bombs are
great wonders, no doubt, but they are also great dangers for man.
There is, however, nothing wrong with science itself. Science has given us atomic energy. It
is a very powerful weapon. In fact, this is the greatest wonder of science.
But it is for us to use it well. Atomic energy if rightly used can create new heaven upon this
earth and it will be more wonderful than the old heaven upon this earth and it will be more
wonderful than the old heaven created by God Himself. But if we misuse this energy, the
earth will become much worse than hell itself. It is for us to make a hell or heaven of this
earth.
Victory goes to the nation which is more highly developed in science. This fact explains why
science progresses so rapidly under the stress of war. Formerly, wars were won or lost in
the battlefields, but they are now won or lost in the laboratories.
Application of science: Science fortifies a nation with power against the aggression o the
enemy. The powerful nations has a bias in favor of science. In the struggle for existence,
lack of scientific training is a serious drawback. The study of science, therefore, should
receive more and more attention from the state.
Science has conquered time and space, wrested many a secret from nature, and has made
man immensely powerful.
How science can kill war? It is by science alone that we can kill war. Science gives power to
man and if all nations are equally powerful, the world will be in a state of equilibrium. The
possibility of war will thus be eliminated and peace will descend on earth.
Conclusion: is permissible to hope that science will establish her reign all over the human
world and then will peace come down to the earth.
Needless to say, science should aim at marking men brighter, healthier and nobler. Atomic
power should not be used only for the manufacture of that terrible engine of destruction, the
atom bomb. It is capable of being put to beneficial uses also. It can accelerate, to an
incredible extent, industrial and agricultural production as w
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