Science had made rapid progress in the recent years. Much of our comfort in life is due to the work of famous scientists. We turn a switch on and the whole of the building is illuminated with a dazzling light. This is just like Aladdin's magic lamp.
It has given us discoveries and inventions that have revolutionised the ways of our life and our outlook in general. Science with its invention of aeroplanes and ships has made us the lord of air and water. We fly in the air and sail on the bosom of the seas and oceans.
Science has harnessed the forces of nature. The river valleys are dammed up to arrest water and then to make it available for irrigation through the network of canals. The deserts are changed into fertile arable fields. The waterfalls made artificially are generating electricity for varied uses
Train, ships, vehicles and aeroplanes are the gift of science. They have made transport and journey easy, quick and comfortable. Long journeys that used to take days and weeks can now be covered in very short periods of time.
Science has given us weapons for safety; television, radio and cinema for entertainment. It has controlled the most fatal diseases. So the wonders of science are uncountable. There is no sphere in life in which science has not brought a change. Today we have many things of which our ancestors had never dreamt.
Electronic stoves cook our meal and X-rays tell us where a bullet is embedded in our body. Electric shocks are given to men of deranged brains. Radium is no less important than electricity. A tiny particle of it can drive our trains. It also provides a cure against deadly diseases, such as cancer. Exposure to its rays burns up the disease. Then atomic energy is another discovery of science. If put to constructive use it is a boon.
Science has given eyes to the blind and ears to the deaf. Science has made serious operations a reality. Transplantation of heart has become a possibility. Thus we see that science is a double edged weapon. It is useful if we use it for our comfort and convenience.
