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SCIENCE

Science^[a][1]:58[2] is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.^[b]

Contemporary science is typically subdivided into the natural sciences, which study the material universe; the social sciences, which study people and societies; and the formal sciences, which study logic and mathematics. The formal sciences are often excluded as they do not depend on empirical observations.^[3] Disciplines which use science, like engineering and medicine, may also be considered to be applied sciences

TYPES OF SCIENCE

BIOLOGY

Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, evolution, distribution, identification and taxonomy.^[1] Modern biology is a vast and eclectic field, composed of many branches and subdisciplines.^{[clarification needed]} However, despite the broad scope of biology, there are certain unifying concepts within it that consolidate it into single, coherent field. In general, biology recognizes the cell as the basic unit of life, genes as the basic unit of heredity, and evolution as the engine that propels the creation of new species. It is also understood today that all organisms survive by consuming and transforming energy and by regulating their internal environment to maintain a stable and vital condition known as homeostasis..

CHEMISTRY

Chemistry is a branch of physical science that studies the composition, structure, properties and change of matter.^[1][2]Chemistry includes topics such as the properties of individual atoms, how atoms form chemical bonds to create chemical compounds, the interactions of substances through intermolecular forces that give matter its general properties, and the interactions between substances through chemical reactions to form different substances.

PHYSICS

Physics (from Ancient Greek: φυσική (ἐπιστήμη) phusikḗ (epistḗmē) "knowledge of nature", from φύσις phúsis "nature"^[1][2][3]) is the natural science that involves the study of matter^[4] and its motion and behavior through space and time, along with related concepts such as energy and force.^[5] One of the most fundamental scientific disciplines, the main goal of physics is to understand how the universe behaves.^[a][6][7][8]

Physics is one of the oldest academic disciplines, perhaps the oldest through its inclusion of astronomy.^[9] Over the last two millennia, physics was a part of natural philosophy along with chemistry, biology, and certain branches of mathematics, but during the scientific revolution in the 17th century, the natural sciences emerged as unique research programs in their own right.^[b] Physics intersects with many interdisciplinary areas of research, such as biophysics and quantum chemistry, and the boundaries of physics are not rigidly defined. New ideas in physics often explain the fundamental mechanisms of other sciences^[6] while opening new avenues of research in areas such as mathematics and philosophy.

TEACHING OF QURAN ABOUT SCIENCE

Muslim scholars have developed a spectrum of viewpoints on science within the context of Islam.^[1] The Qur'an exhorts Muslims to study nature and investigate the truth.^[2] Muslims often cite verse 239 from Surah Al-Baqara —- He has taught you what you did not know. ^[3] —- in support of their view that the Qur'an promotes the acquisition of new knowledge. For some Muslim writers, the study of science stems from Tawhid.^{[4][page needed]}

^{SCIENCE IN THE MODERN WORLD}

Science has revolutionised our life. It has considerably altered the world by its wonderful discoveries and inventions. It has created mysteries. No aspect of our life remains untouched of science, whether at home or in school or in office. It is predominant in every walk of life.

It has done not only concrete services to mankind but also filled us with wonder by making impossible things possible for us.

Thus it is science which has make helpless man the king of the universe, removed the darkness of ignorance with light of knowledge and changed our thorny life into the bed of roses.

Science has been a potent factor to shape the history of man's civilisation on earth. Our forefathers lived a nomadic life, and we are now living in the atomic age. This long leap from the jungle to the atomic civilisation could be possible only through science.

IMPORTANCE OF SCIENCE IN OUR DAILY LIFE

. Science is creating wonders almost every day. What was once sheer fantasy is now almost a reality by virtue of the recent achievements of men of science. Almost everything that makes eases our daily life are the wonders of modern science. Science has conferred many gifts on modern life. Indeed, they are far too many to be counted.

Computers: Computers is widely used by common people for recording their day-to-day transactions. It is also used in controlling and processing the activities of factories and plants.

Medical Science: Scientists have invented so many wonder drugs. The effects of these drugs are so miraculous. By means of these drugs, fatal diseases could be controlled. Many deadly diseases can be cured by the application of medicine in proper time.

Human heart-transplantation is a significant achievement in the field of surgery. In fact, transplantation of human organs is quite possible now to save the lives of men.

Radio: We listen to news and songs through our radio sets.

Television: Television has become a medium of the audio-visual method of learning. It remains one of the most significant contribution of science to the society.

Travelling: We use buses, trams, motor cars, trains and airplanes to travel from one place to another. Science has narrowed the vast distance of the world.

Newspaper: We read newspaper to get the news of the world. We stay in touch with the world.

Comfort during summer days: Electronic fans and air-conditioners gives us comfort during summer days.

Mobile Phones: We cannot think of living without our mobile phones. Apart from talking to a distant friend, we can browse internet on our smartphones.

Camera: When we go out on holidays, we can take photographs through a camera.

Distant images: Television photographs about the movement of astronauts on the moon were seen on earth. By the device of electromagnetic waves, photographs of Venus and Mars, millions of miles away, were transmitted by spacecrafts to the earth.

Power and Electricity: Adequate Power (Electricity) is a necessity for every one of us. Most of our everyday works are dependent upon electricity. The thermal, hydro and gas power plants are important mediums that allow uninterrupted supply of electricity to common people.

Nuclear energy: Nuclear energy is being harnessed by modern science to peaceful purposes to achieve many more wonders in life. Thus, atom is energy is producing electrical power and the radioactive isotopes and tracers are doing marvels in the fields of agriculture and industry

CONCLUSIONS

Science is about a whole lot more than that and to sum it up we believe that science is a way of helping the brain grow in finding new knowledge and helps us defeat our curiosity of how the world develops and works today. Science is important because it has helped form the world that we live in today