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Science, mathematics, technology and development are interrelated activities, their roots reaching back to the stone age and early Egyptian, Greek, Chinese and Arabic civilizations. Advances in science and technology in the twentieth century have reshaped our world: most of the infectious diseases that killed hundreds of millions of people are a thing of the past; television, computers and smart phones have changed the ways we communicate; a host of new technologies are transforming the way we live and work; advances in science are helping us to live longer and to do things faster and better. New developments in the physical and life sciences, ICT and interdisciplinary fields are also revolutionising the ways in which research and innovation are organised, creating greater transparency and levelling the playing field: research and innovation are no longer the sole prerogative of the highly developed nations of the West.
I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.
(Albert Einstein)
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Power, C. (2015). Science, Technology, Health and Sustainable Development. In: The Power of Education. Education in the Asia-Pacific Region: Issues, Concerns and Prospects, vol 27. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-221-0_12
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