ESSAY ON SCIENCE IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE : It is next to impossible to detach ourselves from science. We use equipments, invented by science in our daily life; but have we ever considered as to how science has made everyday life more comfortable, richer and progressive?
ESSAY ON SCIENCE IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE
It is next to impossible to detach ourselves from science.
We use equipments, invented by science in our daily life; but have we ever
considered as to how science has made everyday life more comfortable, richer
and progressive?
If we compare the type of houses available in the past to
our forefathers with our own flats and villas and the modes of travel and
communication present in the by-gone days to the ones at our disposal now, we
would come to know about the magnitude of change and the great improvement that
have taken place with the passage of time. Infect, there is no aspect of our
life that has not been influenced by science in one way or the other.
While our forefathers lived in houses built of mud and
stone, with thatched roofs; we, now, not only have strong brick houses, but own
even multi storied buildings. Our houses are air-conditioned so that we escape
the scorching heat of summer and the biting cold of winter.
Other areas, where scientific devices have brought about
enormous changes, are the transport and communication. Using the telephone, we
can communicate with people anywhere in the world. Infect, when ore talks to a
dear one abroad, one forgets the vast distance separating one person from
another.
On a photo phone we can even see the picture of the person
we are speaking to over the wonder instrument. Then there is the telegraph for
brief, urgent messages and the fax for detailed information to be relayed
anywhere in the world.
Hardly a day passes when we do not receive news and events from
different countries and, of course, our own country through the newspaper, the
radio and the T.V. We travel everyday in vehicles, which have come to us after
long, arduous research.
We have buses, cars, scooters, cycles for long or short
distance travels, and, of course, aero planes, which take us through the air
and ships, which take us over oceans, and trains on long journeys. And never forget that medicines and the doctor are also a
part of our everyday life. Whether it is a cold or fever or an ailment that is
more serious, we take medicines, which been the results of long hours of
research in the laboratory by scientists.
Those requiring hospitalization are taken care of in the
hospital and complicated scientific equipment are used to check up the
patient. The cat-scan, the ultra-sound and the electro-cardiogram are as much a
part of the specialist's daily life as any other gadget that is required for
any particular work. They too have all come from science.
Even our household gadgets, such as mixers, juicers, cooking
gas, pressure cookers, and microwave-ovens are ordinary scientific appliances
and all of them are the gifts of science. They make life easier and save the
user a lot of time which she or he can put to other constructive uses.
The computer is one more highly advanced technical asset
which has become an important part of our daily life. It is being used by
doctors, engineers, chartered accountants, bankers and even students at school.
The accuracy and speed with which data can be fed in and
recalled, besides performing other functions have made computers an
indispensable part of everybody’s life in the world of today. Thus, science has a direct bearing on most of our activities
and has become a part and parcel of our daily life.
It is like a divine blessing that has transformed our life
to a living of ease, comforts and happiness. With a photo -phone you can even
see a person's photograph, you are talking to far away in a distant land. And a
cell phone gives you an opportunity to talk when you are on the move.
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