BRAVE NEW SOCIETY As the years go by and as we age, technology is constantly improving. These technological improvements are targeted at making our lives easier and more efficient. The invention of cars more than a century ago helped us humans to transport ourselves m...
Man, powered by his imagination and inquisitive character, has wondered he mechanisms of Nature since time infinite. This quest for the truth, the ways in which his surrounding works, has led to many a scientific discoveries and innovations. Since the art of making fire and creating handcrafted tools, our civilization has come a long way. Science and Technology are making advances at an amazing rate. From telephones to the Internet, calculators to computers, cars to rockets and satellites, we are submerged in a sea of discoveries and inventions made possible by Science. ...
The word science has its origins in the Latin verb scire meaning "to know". Although "one can know through tenacity, authority, faith, intuition or science" (Malhorta, 1994), "science is looked upon as proven knowledge knowledge based on the facts of experience acquired by observation and experiment...
Through the years, and probably through the centuries, teachers have struggled to make math meaningful by providing students with problems and examples demonstrating its applications in everyday life. As this classic joke shows, some strategies are more successful -- and more meaningful -- than others! Teaching Math in 1950: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4/5 of the price. What is his profit? ...
