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the ralation between Science and Technology
abstract

First let it be clearly understood that Technology is not and cannot be a bane. It never was a bane. It is only a boon. Can anyone imagine life in the twenty first century without science and technology. I write science and technology because technology is born, evolves, flows, grows and spreads because of science. The great discoveries or inventions of science have been epoch making and many of these have led to technological marvels. The development and making of the Steam Engine brought about the Industrial Revolution. That was the beginning of mankind having more than what Nature gave us. May be the invention of the wheel can be credited with the first technological breakthrough. It did add a lot to the speed and comfort of man. But the steam engine was not only for transport, it brought in its wake a host of other advances which gave man many new things. The invention of the electronic valve, later the same as solid state components and the modern chip have been the harbingers of new age. In social awakening the thoughts of Karl Marx gave birth to a new order and brought about communism. In science the making of the electronic tools brought about a whole new world of entertainment, communication, information and much more. The scientific discovery of radioactivity and nuclear energy gave us new tools and means to greater comfort and other benefits. It is a different matter that scientific advancement is also sometimes put to destructive ends. But that does not, by any means, detract from the boons that science bestows on us through technology.