Learning Objectives

1. Define Science, Technology and Society

2. Explain the relationship between Science,
Technology, and Society
 SCIEN
CE

Techno
Society
logy
 Science to Technology
• Science informs technological
advancements.
• We rely theories in physics, electricity,
chemistry, biology etc. To develop new
Technologies.
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Biochemistry
Thermodynamics
 Science to Technology
• Indeed, were still working to create lot of potentially
useful materials that are predicted to exist, based
on our current scientific theories , and more it
can inform our technological advancement.
ROBOTICS
AUGMENTED / VIRTUAL
REALITY
AUGMENTED / VIRTUAL
REALITY
QUANTUM INTERNET /
COMPUTER
Time Machine and Parallel Universe
Time Machine and Parallel Universe
Flying Cars
 Science to Technology
• Indeed, were still working to create lot of potentially
useful materials that are predicted to exist, based
on our current scientific theories , and more it
can inform our technological advancement.
 Technology to Science
• Technology also changes how we do science.
• Telescopes vastly changed our ability to conduct
astronomical research.
 NASA PERSEVERANCE ROVER

• Space Telescopes, probes like Voyager, Microscopes , etc.

Computers that are being develop using scientific theory and
evidence, also help us do scientific research.
 Science to Society
• Scientific Theory and evidence changed our
behaviour.
• Science has had a significant impact in our belief systems, our
norms, and our values, as well as our daily behaviours.
 Society to Science

• Science develops because there is need for it.

 Society to Science

• Science help solve the needs of society. While a major goal of

science is to simply better our understanding, many people
leverage science to help solve real world problems in the
society.
 Society to Science

• Science help solve the needs of society. While a major goal of science is to
simply better our understanding, many people leverage science to help
solve real world problems in the society.
 Science Theory changed beliefs, our norms, and
our values as well as our daily behaviours.

Science Society

Influences science through financial support, ethics,

culture, history and tradition.
 Technology to Society

• Social media, the internet as a whole, all have

had significant influence on society.
 Technology to Society

• Social media, the internet as a whole, all have

had significant influence on society.
 Technology to Society

• Social media, the internet as a whole, all have

had significant influence on society.
• Technological Revolution such as the industrial
revolution and agricultural revolution also has a
very significant influence on society.
 Society to Technology

• Society drives technology and sometimes

prohibits its development.
 Society to Technology

• Society drives technology and sometimes

prohibits its development.
 Society to Technology

• Society drives technology and sometimes

prohibits its development.
 Society to Technology

• Society drives technology and sometimes

prohibits its development.
• Society also drives technological evolution
through need. Very often a technology emerges
because someone recognizes its need of
technology.
 Technology affect the way we communicate, learn
and think.

Technology Society

Society drives technology and sometimes prohibits

its development.
 Science Technology and Society
• The science understanding of how the
world functions alters how we behave.
Technology alters how we behave.
• Society drives technological innovation
and scientific inquiry.
• Science gives us insight into what kind of
technologies we could potentially create
and how we create them, while technology
allows us further scientific research.
 Science Technology and Society
• Is an interdisciplinary field that studies the conditions under
which the production, distribution and utilization of scientific
knowledge and technological system occur; the
consequences of these activities upon different groups of
people.