![]() ![]() so if you want to know this mind blowing revelation and answer to what has been a controversial argument since the dawn of time, you’ll just have to read it! ) I also know if a Jaffa cake is actually a cake or a biscuit. I now know an abundance of useless but incredibly interesting snippets as well as some important scientific principles to broaden my scientific knowledge and make me see some encounters with my usual everyday living in a new light. It made it a very effortless and interesting read and I’m glad I came across it and decided to read it. I’ve always had respect for science communicators, who disseminate science to all and hopefully make a fun encounter in the process! The writer did just that, with his funny and witty way of explaining things shining through. I’ve always loved science anyway but it didn’t stop this book from being intriguing and enthralling and had me wanting to read more and more as my mind was blown by things I’ve scarcely even thought about as the science of my everyday life. And even better, it relates to the everyday stuff we encounter on a daily basis! Something that everyone can relate to making science accessible to everyone and it definitely stirred an interest in me. Here we’ll discuss just a few of these examples.I love a science book that can make science interesting. It’s almost impossible to overstate how many aspects of modern life are impacted by scientific knowledge. Science informs public policy and personal decisions on energy, conservation, agriculture, health, transportation, communication, defense, economics, leisure, and exploration. Scientific knowledge can improve the quality of life at many different levels - from the routine workings of our everyday lives to global issues. ![]() In fact, without science, many people alive today would have instead died of diseases that are now easily treated. From the eradication of smallpox, to the prevention of nutritional deficiencies, to successful treatments for once deadly infections, the impact of modern medicine on global health has been powerful. And in the 1920s, a biologist discovered the first antibiotic. In the 1800s, scientists and doctors established the theory that many diseases are caused by germs. no modern medicine. In the late 1700s, Edward Jenner first convincingly showed that vaccination worked.These science-based technologies triggered striking changes in agriculture, massively increasing the amount of food available to feed the world and simultaneously transforming the economic structure of agricultural practices. In the 1940s, biologists began developing high-yield varieties of corn, wheat, and rice, which, when paired with new fertilizers and pesticides developed by chemists, dramatically increased the amount of food that could be harvested from a single field, ushering in the Green Revolution. no modern agriculture. Science has transformed the way we eat today.no plastic. The first completely synthetic plastic was made by a chemist in the early 1900s, and since then, chemistry has developed a wide variety of plastics suited for all sorts of jobs, from blocking bullets to making slicker dental floss.No way to use electricity. From Ben Franklin’s studies of static and lightning in the 1700s, to Alessandro Volta’s first battery, to the key discovery of the relationship between electricity and magnetism, science has steadily built up our understanding of electricity, which today carries our voices over telephone lines, brings entertainment to our televisions, and keeps the lights on. ![]() Just for starters, without modern science, there would be: To make it clear how deeply science is interwoven with our lives, just try imagining a day without scientific progress.
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