Introduction to Science, Technology, and Society

Science is a systematic body of knowledge and a process of inquiry used to study the world around us.

Technology is the practical application of knowledge, resulting in methods, systems, and devices for practical purposes.

Society refers to the collective interactions, relationships, and culture of people living together in a community.

STS highlights the complex relationships between science, technology, and society, emphasizing their mutual influence and impact.

Science provides the knowledge and understanding of natural phenomena, while technology applies this knowledge to create tools, systems, and solutions.

An example could be the development of smartphones, where scientific knowledge in electronics led to technological advancements that transformed societal communication and behavior.

By confronting the realities brought about by science and technology in society, with all its socio-political, cultural, economic, and philosophical underpinnings at play.

The interaction between the human quest to understand the natural world and how this understanding has fashioned society and its development.

Through Technology, which has had a profound influence on the development of human culture.

They make difficult and complicated tasks easier, allowing people to do more with little effort and time.

Because they are also brought about by gradual improvements to earlier works from different time periods.

To understand how science and technology have influenced human society and vice versa, and to grasp the complexities of their impact.

The three main resources that technology uses to achieve human purpose are matter, energy, and natural phenomena.

The word 'technology' comes from the Greek words 'tekhn' meaning art or craft and 'logia' meaning a subject or interest.

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, society is defined as a community, nation, or broad grouping of people having common traditions, institutions, and collective activities and interests.

The field of study that examines how scientific and technological advancement occurs is called Science, Technology & Society.

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, society is defined as an enduring and cooperating social group whose members have developed organized patterns of relationships through interaction with one another.

According to Yager (1992), the cultural aspects that define a long-standing group of people as a 'society' include languages, dress, norms of behaviors, and artistic forms.