'The Importance of Science to Civilization\r'

'The importance of information to civilization It is state that modern civilization is a scientific civilization. For an individual, recognition has rendered us great comfort nowadays. We no protracted have to travel on foot; instead, we lot just sit comfortably without any play out in cars, air-conditioned trains, buses, etc. We are at large(p) from hard labor which our uncivilized forefathers suffered from. Neither do we follow barbarous practice of having slaves, since science has provided us with slaves of a new kind, which undertake most of the work, that is, machine.On spinning top of that, we are also free from diseases and various effort since drugs and operation techniques have been developed dramatically. Maslows theory of hierarchy of needs suggests that the physiological needs must be met before the individual will strongly passion (or focus motivation upon) the secondary or higher(prenominal) level needs, which means the human that lacks food, love, esteem, or rubber would consider the greatest of his/her needs to be food. And as mentioned above, it is science that satisfies our basic demands; thus, we have opportunities to pursue something higher, such as art and literature.Science also promote the phylogenesis of spiritual civilization. With the advent of the internet, and extraordinary growth in information and communication technologies in recent years, more(prenominal) information than ever before is do freely available and easily shared. Almost all the masterpieces of artist, musicians, writers, philosophers, scientists, etc kindle be enjoyed at fingertips. We are not wholly consumers, but also producers. When Gangnam Style was released, tens of thousands people made their profess versions and uploaded on the internet, which could be appreciated by millions of netizens.For a nation, science is of critical significance for the procession of its civilization. mainland Chinas long history has seen some extremely heavy inventi ons emerge, most noticeably gunpowder, paper making, printing and the compass, which, in the words of Roger Bacon, changed the whole appearance and status of things in the world and also made China among the quadruple great ancient civilizations. However, in the nineteenth century, atomic number 63 entered into world history with immense developments in technology, which was later on identified as the Industrial Revolution.From then on, China lost its advantages over the the rest of world in various aspects, and it was invaded by the great powers into a serial publication of Unequal Treaties. Chinese civilization were, during that period, regarded inferior and the Chinese nation was referred to as â€Å"Sick Man of east Asia”. Even the Chinese people abandoned their own cultural identity and turned to the Western civilization. Therefore, science is the foundation as well as the major(ip) force behind the progress of civilization. ?? 0101102027\r\n'