MODERN SCIENCE: INTERLINKING THE BIG AND SMALL
With the emergence of modern science, there is a lengthy history behind it. The line that made
an impact to me is that, “Small things breaking means that big things break. They break very quickly.
Everything is connected and we can’t see those connections…To understand anything, you have to
understand everything.” These core statements encapsulate why should we study the history of science
and technology. We have to know the simplest and the smallest in order to further understand and
improve the complex and big things.
Initial knowledge says that million stars can signify a bucket of sand until Edwin Hubble discovered
Milky Way Galaxy that says stars are seven times ten to the power of 22. Likewise, to the transistor of an
Iphone 6 which is three times ten to the power of 21. These small grains of knowledge resulted to a big
invention to the modern science. These small systems built a bigger system that run today. We have to
learn how it all began to understand the science and technology in the present. Even the high-tech
machines today, it all began as a simple telescope discovering the stars in the past. It can also be used to
possibly weaken and stop phenomena like climate change and diseases like cancer.
Things are interlinked to each other; the complexities of the world can be broken down into
simple explanations. Understanding the flow of things will lead us to a better understanding and I think
that is the importance of studying the history of science and technology.