Scientific and technological progress
Scientific and technological progress
It’s
difficult to overestimate the role of science and technology in our life. They
accelerate the development of civilization and help us in our co-operation with
nature. Scientists investigate the laws of the universe, discover the secrets
of nature, and apply their knowledge in practice improving the life of people.
Let's
compare our life nowadays with the life of people at the beginning of the 20th
century. It has changed beyond recognition. Our ancestors hadn't the slightest
idea of the trivial things created by the scientific progress that we use in
our every day life. I mean refrigerators, TV sets, computers, microwave ovens,
radio telephones... They would seem miracles to them that made our life easy,
comfortable and pleasant.
On
the other hand, the great inventions of the beginning of the 20th century, I
mean radio, airplanes, combustion and jet engines have become usual things and
we can't imagine our life without them.
A
century is a long period for scientific and technological progress, as it's
rather rapid. Millions of investigations the endless number of outstanding
discoveries have been made. Our century has had several names that were
connected with a certain era in science and technology. At first it was called
the atomic age due to the discovery of the splitting of the atom. Then it
became the age of the conquest of space when for the first time in the history
of mankind a man overcame the gravity and entered the Universe. And now we live
in the information era when the computer network embraces the globe and
connects not only the countries and space stations but a lot of people all over
the world.
All
these things prove the power and the greatest progressive role of science in
our life. But every medal has its reverse. And the rapid scientific progress
has aroused a number of problems that are a matter of our great concern. These
are ecological problems, the safety of nuclear power stations, the nuclear war
threat, and the responsibility of a scientist. But still we are grateful to the
outstanding men of the past and the present who have courage and patience to
disclose the secrets of the Universe.
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