Sunday, 17 June 2012

An almost universal recognition of science as ' social ' activity is the science  that it only affects society but it also affected and moulded by it ,is of recent origins .This is not to say that  SCIENCE prior to this admission , was not a social activity ,an explicit recognition to this nature  make it necessary to view the development of science as a complex  social phenomena   . Science itself must now be seen as a specific rules   and hence capable of being  planned .This recognition has gained currency largely due to the fact that science ,via technology has acquired a major role as a force of production in the contemporary world.

Recent scientific discoveries have given birth to qualitatively  new technological process ,bringing into existence new branches of industry and lines of production. With the shortening of the interval between a scientific discovery and  its practical application , the link between a science and technology has been so firmly established that  it is impossible  to conceive of one without the other .The relation between science and technology  in SOCIAL condition provides a framework within which the achievements and failures of science and technology can be properly assessed .

Natural scientist and Social scientist are agreed that science  and technology create material conditions which necessitate  a process of social transformation . However  the controversial point is the process of transformation....