Essay : Uses of Science

uses of science

The present is an age of science. Now-a-days in all civilised parts of the world people live and move and even think in terms of science. It has rendered possibly a safe flight in the air, safety in finer, transmission of news of various kinds from one corner of the world to another in no time, and so on. The advantages derived from glorious achievements of science, are so intimately linked with our modern life that it is simply next to impossibility to conceive of modem civilisation and cultural progress something apart from science. The world of the means of communication has been simply revolutionised by the invention of wireless. It has ensured safety of ships at sea. Radio is a source of great recreation for all. It keeps many people in touch.

Now let us move to another great discovery that is electricity. This great discovery which has defined time and space and has added greatly to the joy and comfort of life is electricity. Electric machines have largely curtailed hand-labour and produce better necessaries of life in great abundance at a much lower cost of production. Science has not only added to our physical comforts but is also no less responsible for our mental uplift and dissemination. Our sound knowledge is mainly due to the improved ways of printing. No doubt that all what is happening today is because of science.

There remains only one problem. The question is whether science is for all human comforts. Is science all for human comforts? Aeroplanes carry passengers and mails. But the poisonous gases, tanks, armoured cars, long-range guns and other instruments of war are terribly destructive in character. So we may also say that science, in spite of all the comforts and relief that it has brought to humanity, is no less responsible for the misery, restlessness and worries of man. Here again there is one point In fact science is in power of man. Man is not power of science. Man is using it. We can use this science for constructive as well as destructive purposes but it is up to man how he uses it.