The modern age is the age of science. The influence
of science can be seen in every walk of life. Science has provided us .with
many wonders. If our ancestors happen to visit the modern world they will not
able to recognize it. The world today is complete changed. Its complexion and
has especially changed during the last three hundred years or so. In a way the
world has ‘become a fairy-land as compared with the ancient times.
The contribution of science is seen in our daily
life. It has increased the happiness and comforts of human beings greatly. It has
made our domestic life very easy. Now the housewife does not have to work very
hard. With the help of the latest cooking devices meals can be cooked quickly.
Food can also be preserved for a long time in the refrigerator. The clothes can
be washed in the washing machines. Thus a housewife can enjoy more leisure and
can save a lot of her time.
Science has also given us fans and air
conditioners. With the help of these we can save ours vest from the scorching
heat of the sun in summer and keep the rooms warm with the help of room heaters
in the winter. Thus our houses are lighted, cooled and heated with the latest
scientific gadgets. Electricity is really a great wonder of science. All types
of machinery can be lifted and trains can be run with electricity.
Science has also made travel very comfortable.
There are so many modes of travel available to us. We can travel by railway
trains, motor cars, buses or steamers. Aeroplanes have brought the different countries
quite close to each other. Within a few hours we can travel thousands of mile
and reach different corners of the world. Thus all the nations of the world
have become one family. The world has really become much smaller. The bicycles,
motorcycles, scooters, shops and the jumbo jets of the twentieth century are
the beautiful gifts of science.
Science has also revolutionized the methods of
communications. We can talk with our friends and relatives thousands of miles
away from us with the help of modern scientific devices like telephone,
wireless telegraphy. And internet we can also send message to different parts
of our country and even to all corners of the world within a few hours. Through
radio broadcasts messages can be conveyed to all parts of the world. On the
television we can not only hear the voices but can also see what is being
telecast. Broadcasts made from England and America can be heard all over the
world.
Science has also helped mankind to fight against
dangerous diseases. It has lessened the sufferings and miseries of man. Many diseases
which were incurable in the past can be cured now. It has also worked wonders
in the field of surgery. Operations can be carried out even on delicate parts
of the body like brain and heart. Even transplantation of hearts and kidneys
has become possible. With the help of X-rays hidden disease in the body of man
can be diagnosed easily. It is a fact that science has given eye the blind. The
lame has been provided with legs. Science has thus given a new ease of life to
the diseased and the injured.
Science has also reduced the burden of the workers.
The taken Over and the difficult jobs can be done by machines. It has also over
the dirtiest jobs from man. With the help of machines and instruments huge
weights can be lifted and goods produced on a very: scale. It has also provided
many sources of entertainment to a like cinema, radio. Television, books, etc.
Science has helped in increasing the agricultural
production trough scientific methods of farming like better seeds, fertilizers,
better implements, etc. It is with the help of science that man has reached the
moon and now he is probing other planets like Mars and Venus.
But this is only one side of the picture. If in
certain respects proved a blessing it has also acted as a curse in certain
fields. Produced highly destructive weapons like atom bombs and gen bombs which
can destroy the world in no time. During the xi world war laces of people were
killed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki when U.S.A. dropped atom bombs on them in
1945.
Science has produced many deadlier weapons and made
wars horrible. If a Third World War takes place in the near future, it might
destroy all life on the earth as it will be a nuclear war man was never so
insecure as he is today.
But in reality there is nothing wrong with science.
It is up to the man to decide whether he wants to use it for peaceful purses or
for destructive purposes. Science is such a knowledge which can be turned both
into a blessing and curse. But man should always use science the promotion of
peace and happiness of mankind. It should never be used for war or destructive
purposes.