The Old Science

The Old Science

When one looks at science from a historical perspective, it can be said that science has not always followed a linear path of development. For example, if one draws a diagram of scientific development, one can see that a lot more technological progress has been achieved in the last hundred or so years than in the thousands of years before that.

Naturally, history courses talk about the history of science from the invention of the wheel up to the advent of the Internet, with important milestones being the period of the Classics, the Middle Ages (during which scientific progress was halted and regressed), the Renaissance and Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution. Today’s era, due to its prevalence of information and communications technologies, is typically referred to as the information age or the Information era.

A Fort Stewart in Montreal. Photo by Elena

Alternatively, to look at the scientific questions from a spiritual perspective, even today the debate of creationism versus intelligent design persists. Many people argue that the two cannot coexist, while others believe that God created science and the laws governing physics, and that we are learning God’s laws by exploring science.

Regardless of what you believe or do not believe, there are social and hard applied sciences taught in universities and other institutions of higher learning.

Science is Magic. Photo by Elena