It
has generally been said that if there is world are, perhaps the whole of the
living population of earth will come to an end. Once the great scientist,
Einstein was asked as to how the world war third would be fought. He replied
that I don’t know about the Third world war but if fourth world war is
fought it will be with the help of stones. In other words he meant to
say that after the third world war the world will reel back to the primitive
age. Different scientists have given different explanations for the complete
destruction on earth after the nuclear war. Some say that the heat produced by
Megaton and Cobalt bombs will be so much that it is impossible for human beings
to live; everything will be reduced to dust. Some others say that the explosion
of the nuclear devices will consume so much of oxygen that it will be
impossible for the people to breathe. Still others say that the earth may crack
and poisonous gases may start coming out of the earth. Many others think that
the snow on the mountains would melt and the whole of the other way the world
will come to an end after a nuclear war.
Science has given the instruments of death that
give much power to man. Green-war-fare is equally dangerous. It will make the
people to suffer from fatal diseases. Some of the poisonous gases are also made
to pollute the atmosphere. Apart from this various other weapons are used for
killing soldiers and civilians of the other nations.
Despite this fact it is believed that wars of today
have not taken so heavy to a toll of the people as it used to take in the wars
of the ancient times. They say that a number of the wounded soldiers are saved
and the people do not die of diseases as they used to die during wars in
ancient times. Plague and other serious diseases used to be the aftermath of
those wars. Now-a-days medical facilities and other types of protections
provided by science have made it possible for the human beings to save
themselves from the scourge of war. Similarly scientific invention like
satellites, radars and many other electric devices are employed to blunt the
enemy attacks. So if we take up an overall view of the effect of science upon
war it will not be as horrifying as it seems to be.
In fact science has been misused by the politicians
and not by the scientists. Scientists are genius and not evil spirits. They
never want any destruction. Einstein, for example, was a great lover of peace
and non-violence; it is the politicians who misuse their research. Some may say
that if scientists are not disposed to do harm why they should invent dangerous
weapons. Scientific activity is not something that can be directed in a
definite direction. It is purely unguided and somewhat natural. In other words
science, it cannot be said, has done harm to humanity by giving dangerous
weapons. Till the human beings change their outlook it is not possible for them
to banish war from the world.