Wonders Of Modern Science

Man always wants to live a better life. He wants better food, clothing and dwelling. He also like comfort and entertainment. Science helps man to attain these. As a result, science has developed greatly. Today we are living in an age of science. Day and night, we make use of innumerable discovers and invention of science. 

Electricity: Electricity is the great power behind many scientific inventions. The electric lamp lights up our houses. Radio, television, telegraph, telephone, cinema, tape-recorder, photo-copier, VCR, computers, and most of the mills and factories are run by electricity. There are also electric trains, printing presses, cookers, irons, fans, sewing machines etc. run by electricity.

Communication: Science has conquered space and time. We can go from one place to another in a very short time by train, steamer, plane or rocket. Previously people took years to go from one containment to another. But now a days we take only hours. We have reached the moon. We can now sent message at a great distance in the fraction of a second. We can talk to anybody in any part of the world by telephone. Radio brings songs, music, news, discussions etc. Television brings pictures also even in colour. By Fax, any writing or picture can be sent over great distance very easily. We can do today in hours what was done in days or months before.        

Industry: Spinning of yarn, weaving of cloth and sewing of clothes can be done at a great speed. Food processing, house-building, constructing roads and bridges can be done very quickly. Millions of pages can be printed or reproduced in a short time. A calculator can solve a complicated sum in no time.

Medical science: Science has found out the causes of most of the diseases and has discovered many remedies. A deadly disease like TB has been conquered. Cholera has also been brought under control. Small pox has been eliminated. The X-ray and the anti-biotic have been very helpful to man. Cornea transplant, by-pass Surgery etc. are marvels of medical science.

Agriculture: Science has increased food production greatly. If we can apply the scientific methods properly there will be no hunger in the world. Tractors, power-pumps, fertilizers, high-yielding varieties of crops and irrigation techniques have revolutionized agriculture.

But science is not an unmixed blessing. Science has also invented guns, bombs, and missiles, battleships and war planes, chemical weapons and nuclear war heads. It has brought in environmental pollution. We should stop the misuse of science to get its real benefits.