WEEK 1-2

• ❑Latin word: ‘scientia’ - knowledge ❑refers to a methodical and systematic activity of building and organizing knowledge about how the universe behaves through OBSERVATION, EXPERIMENTATION or both.
• Greek root word: ‘techne’ – art, skill, cunning of hand ❑ the application of scientific knowledge, laws, and principles to produce services, materials, tools, and machines aimed at solving real-world problems
• What are the three meaning of science?

  Learning new facts (discoveries), Solving Problem (Scientific Method), Systematic Study
• Science, Technology and Society is the study of how society, politics, and culture affect scientific research and technological innovation, and how these, in turn, affect society, politics and culture
• The interdisciplinary field of Science, Technology, and Society examines the ways in which society influences the creation of scientific knowledge and technological development.
• What are the three disciplines of STS?

  History of science, Philosophy if Science, Sociology of Science
• We live in a SOCIETY absolutely dependent on S & T. As problems in S & T continue to rise and become more observable and felt, the need to pay attention to their interactions with various aspects of human life (SOCIAL, POLITICAL, and ECONOMIC) becomes even more necessary.
• In this regard, it is important to understand the role of S & T in our lives as well as its impact on us. This understanding will enable us to make informed decisions about what we want from S & T and how we can best use them to improve our quality of life.
• New knowledge which serves as a direct source of ideas for new technological possibilities
• Source of tools and techniques for more efficient engineering design and a knowledge base for evaluation of feasibility of designs
• Research instrumentation, lab techniques, and analytical methods used in research that eventually find their way into design and industrial practices
• Practice of research as a source for development and assimilation of new human skills and capabilities eventually useful for technology
• Knowledge base that enables more efficient strategies of applied research, development, and refinement of new technologies
• What are the 6 ways science contributes to technology?

  D, S, R, P, A, M
• What are the two ways technology contributes to science?

  fertile source of novel scientific questions, Source of otherwise unavailable
• Technology is the use or application of scientific knowledge for a specific goal or purpose.
• Science is the intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment – Oxford dictionary
• What are the older disciplines?

  History of science, Philosophy of Science, Sociology of Science
• What is the exact date launch JWST?

  December 25, 2021