Science and technology.

It's difficult to overestimate the role of science and technology in our life. Science is a source of progress. It develops the world we live in. Today science has become the most important factor in the development of national economy in the whole world. Scientific progress serves the interests of society, helps to increase the well - being of people and develops public education.

Our century is an epoch of great discoveries in science and engineering. It is epoch of scientific and technological revolution, when new ideas are being born and new discoveries, inventions are being made.

Our ancestors hadn't the slightest idea of the trivial things created by the scientific progress that we use in our everyday life: refrigerators, TV sets, computers, microwave ovens, radio telephones, what not. They make our life easy, comfortable and pleasant

A century is a long period for scientific and technological progress. Millions of investigations, the endless number of outstanding discoveries have been made. Our century has had several names that were connected with a certain era in science and technology.

At first it was called the atomic age due to the discovery of the splitting of the atom.

Then it became the age of the conquest of space when for the first time in the history of

mankind a man overcame the gravity and entered the Universe

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And now we live in the information era when the computer network embraces the globe and connects not only the countries and space stations but a lot of people all over the world. Computer technology plays the most important role in the progress of science The ability of computers to solve many mathematical problems are more effective than man does. It has given rise to new trends in mathematics. Computer science is a new field of study and research. In recent years scientists of the world have achieved great success in the development of physics, chemistry, biology, and such astonishing, interesting science as psychology.

All these things prove the power and the greatest progressive role of science in our life. But every medal has its reverse. And the rapid scientific progress has aroused a number of problems that are a matter of our great concern. These are ecological problems, the safety of nuclear power stations, the nuclear war threat, and the responsibility of a scientist. But still we are grateful to the outstanding men of the past and the present who have courage and patience to disclose the secrets of the Universe.

But science may be turned both for peace and military purpose. It can take good forms and evil forms. With the help of scientific inventions politicians make weapons of mass destruction.

There are a lot of world-known scientists who made a great contribution to the development of

science: M. Lomonosov, I.Pavlov, Maxwell, M.Faraday, S.Korolev, and many others.

The study of the natural world may help improve life for many people all over the world.

Basic knowledge of science is essential for everyone. It helps people to find their way in the changing world.

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