SCIENCE IN EVERYDAY LIFE

Ours is an age of science. Science has revolutionized our way of living. Our life-style now depends on innumerable discoveries and inventions of modern science.

The telephone, the television, the wireless, the radio, the teleprinter satellite communications and the fax are some of the marvels? of communication. News, views, messages. and even documents and photographs go round the glob with lightning speed.

Machines of incredible skill, power and efficiency have boosted trade and industry. Almost everything is produced on a large scale, quickly and cheaply.

Air-conditioning, refrigeration, plastic, steel, man-made fibers, varioils home-appliance? and gadgets like the washing machine, vacuum cleaner, gas-stove, grinder-juice-mixer have changed the appearance of our homes.

Modern sanitation and wonder drugs like the sulpha drug and antibiotics, an aesthetics and vitamins have helped man in his fight against ill-health and diseases. Many deadly epidemics Have been completely wiped' out, corneal grafting, transplantation of kidney and artificial heart plastic surgery and lithography are some of the marvels of medical science.

Computers have made the process of analysis, computation and decision-making easier and faster than ever before.

The cinema, the television and the video have opened out new worlds of mass entertainment and instruction.

Use of steam as the motive power started the process of industrial revolution. The second phase of the industrial revolution began with the discovery of electricity. The world has been ushered into the third and most marvelous phase of industrial revolution with the developments of modern electronics. All the machines are becoming smaller handier and more sophisticated with the use of electronic devices.

Rockets and space satellites have enabled man to land on the moon. Voyager II, the American space satellite has sent us important information about the planets and space.

All these discoveries and inventions of science have eradicated many deadly diseases, increased man's longevity and have brought within common man's reach luxuries and comforts which even kings and emperors could not enjoy in the good old days. In short, science has provided man with all the material means necessary for a happy living.