Ours
is peculiarly the age of science. Scientific inventories have completely
changed the nature of human life. Science has added greatly to our material
comforts and amenities. It has also increased the pace or tempo of living. It
has given man an altogether new social and political outlook. Hence in this age
the study of science is a necessity ; without such study a modern man is a
misfit.
The
study of science should begin early in life. The first steps should be to teach
boys and girls the habit of observation. The child is always interested in what
he sees around him. His curiosity in this regard should be developed.
Practical
demonstration, and actual experiments should precede the study of theories. It
is only after the mind is well trained with the help of examples and
experiments that the explanations of theories should be attempted. In out
country, the reverse method is largely followed.
The
study of science has an educative influence on the mind and is of far-reaching
importance. It makes one lover of truth. It creates realistic attitude to life.
It is also the enemy of superstition. We develop the attitude of 'test,
question-and examine' before accepting a postulate.
Science
gives substance and reality to one's sense of values and opens new fields of
service to humanity. Prafullachandra Ray spent sixty years of his life in the
laboratory, — as one truly devoted to human welfare. Yet he did not use to
introduce technicalities of Science in common conversation.
The
study of science acts as a perpetual urge to acquire knowledge, by pushing the
frontiers of knowledge further and farther. The more we know of the secrets of
nature, the more we realize how much remains unknown. Science has made it
possible to send manned satellites around the earth. Even an astronaut went to
the moon. It is today dreaming and working in terms of inter-planetary travels.
Those who undervalue scientific education may take to a study of literature and
art. To study science does not mean that one must refuse to study anything
else. Acharya Prafullachandra devoted his spare hours to studying Shakespeare
and Gibbon. Einstein refreshed himself on the violin as did Satyen Bose with
his esraj. Modern curriculum of Studies includes the study of science, because the
modern man needs a scientific mind set in approaching the problems of life.
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