Science

Science is important to most people living in the modern world for a number of reasons. In particular, science is important to world peace and understanding, to the understanding of technology, and to our understanding of the world.

Science is important to world peace in many ways. On one hand, scientists have helped to develop many of the modern tools of war. On the other hand, they have also helped to keep the peace through research which has improved life for people. Scientists have helped us to understand the problem of supplying the world with enough energy; they have begun to develop a number of solutions to the energy problem – for example, using energy from the sun and from the atom. Scientists have also analyzed the world’s resources. We can begin to learn to share the resources with the knowledge provided to us by science. Science studies the Universe and how to use its possibilities for the benefit of men.

Science is also important to everyone who is affected by modern technology. Many of the things that make our lives easier and better are the results of advances in technology and, if the present patterns continue, technology will affect us even more in the future than it does now. In some cases, such as technology for taking salt out of ocean water, technology may be essential for our lives on Earth.

The study of science also provides people with an understanding of natural worlds. Scientists are learning to predict earthquakes, are continuing to study many other natural events such as storms. Scientists are also studying various aspects of human biology and the origin and developments of the human race. The study of the natural world may help to improve life for many people all over the world.

A basic knowledge of science is essential for everyone. It helps people to find their way in the changing world.

Michael Lomonosov

M. V. Lomonosov is just considered to be the father of Russian science. Many of his scientific discoveries proved to be invaluable contributions to the world science, which profoundly influenced the work of the progressive scientists of his time. It is difficult to enumerate his many-sided scientific activities.

In 1986 the 275 anniversary of his birth was widely celebrated throughout the world.

Lomonosov was a complete master of natural sciences especially in chemistry and physics, and it was with Lomonosov that geology, mineralogy, geochemistry, physical chemistry, mining and many other branches of science began. He took great interest in history and mathematics and he is considered to the founder of Russian materialistic philosophy. Besides all this Lomonosov is known to have been a poet. His literary works remain the most significant pages of Russian literature, which profoundly influenced the development of Russian poetry.

Lomonosov’s life was full of difficulties. The son of the peasant he was born in 1711 in the northern coastal village of Denisovka not far from Archangel. His father wanted Michael to become a fisherman and when he was ten years of age, he began to take him to see fishing. The dangerous of fisherman taught Lomonosov to observe the phenomena of nature.

But he was refused admission to the town school for it was almost impossible for a peasant’s son to receive an education at that time. Nevertheless Lomonosov’s desire to study was so great that at the age of 19 he started to Moscow on foot to enter the Slavonic-Greek-Latin Academy. To be accepted to the Academy he had to hide his peasant origin. At the academy Lomonosov began learning Latin - the language of science of his days and mastered it in a short period of time.

Lomonosov spent no more than ten years at school and became a prominent scientist. His scientific career which lasted but 25 years was marked by a striking capacity for work and desire to serve his people and his country. In these 25 years he carried out a gigantic amount of work in various branches of science, engineering and art.

By the end of his life Lomonosov had been elected honorary member of a number of foreign academies. Lomonosov died at the age of 54, on April 15, 1765. He is widely known and greatly honoured in our country.