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    Introduction Prepared by: Jobelle R.

    Tapia, LPT
    MSc Biology
    Biology Department, CAS
    Objectives
    • Define science and technology
    • Explain the value and nature of science; and,
    • Recognize the importance of “Science, Technology, and Society” as a
    general education course.
    What is Science?
    • It is messy task!
    • It is not just “systematized and organized body of knowledge”!
    • It is a method
    What is science?
    • There isn’t one method in doing science. Not just experimentation!
    • Computer modeling and simulation= experimental physicist
    • Geologists rarely conduct experiment
    • “The scientific process is not linear, it is messy and complex and involves
    changing ideas, revision, creativity, and collaboration.”
    What is science?
    • Science as a community enterprise characterized with integrity.
    - Inspiration, Motivation, division of labor, cumulative knowledge
    base, scrutiny
    What separates Science from
    Pseudoscience?
    • Clearly defined terminology
    • Reproducibility
    • Predictability
    • Testability
    Products of science
    • Scientific knowledge
    • Facts, Models, Theories, and Laws
    Technology
    • Application of scientific knowledge to the practical aims of human life
    • Products: physical artifacts and process
    • Contributions of Science to Technology:
    - Science as direct source of technological ideas
    - Science as source of engineering design tools and techniques
    - Instrumentation, laboratory techniques, and analytical methods
    • Contribution of technology and science:
    - Technology as a source of new scientific challenges
    - Instrumentation and measurement techniques
    Society
    • Organized group of people associated as members of a community.
    • Permanent union of men who are united by modes of behavior that are
    demanded by some common end, value, or interest.
    Evolution of Society
    Hunters & Gatherers Shifting & Farming/Horticultural
    (12 000 yrs. ago) (10 000 yrs. ago)
    Evolution of Society
    Pastoral Society Agricultural & Mining/ Agrarian
    (10 000 yrs. ago) (5 000 yrs. ago)
    Evolution of Society
    Manufacturing & Processing/ Synthesizing & Recycling/ Post-
    Industrial industrial
    Technology in Prehistoric Time

    • Paleolithic - (roughly 2.5 million


    • Neolithic - (8,000 BC to
    years ago to 10,000 B.C.)
    3,000 BC)
    Why you need to take STAS111?
    • The Manhattan Project- a research and development undertaking during
    World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons.
    • First formed in 1939 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
    • The U.S. government started funding research by Enrico Fermi and Leo
    Szilard at Columbia University
    • Robert Oppenheimer and Edward Teller- nuclear fission
    • Trinity Test (July 26, 1945)

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