World Changing Accomplishments
Introduction
As the world grows and matures, it is evident that a lot of discoveries have been made and most of them have had a great impact on mankind. Most of the accomplishments have been brought about as a result of science and in most cases it is clear that science has been able to change the human way of life both negatively and positively. Discovery of things such as atomic bombs has made some people develop certain claims like science is harmful to human life thus forgetting all the good discoveries that it has also brought. In this case we are going to look at world changing accomplishments which include invention of technology, electricity and discovery of penicillin.
These accomplishments have helped change the lives of people in terms of living standards, health and modernity thus helping to bring people together by making the world a very small place. Science has made so many discoveries to an extent that they feel they can create a liking of a human being and this is the only thing that they have lacked to accomplish yet and the discovery of HIV /AIDS cure. However, they are working day and night to try and accomplish these two things an activity that seems to be impossible.
Technology
Discovery of technology is one of the major accomplishments that has made the world such a small place thus making everything easier in terms of business, economics, health, communication, transportation and almost any other area that man operates in. Technology history can be approached as a study of social and economic development and not necessarily as machine development chronology and also as artifacts study. History of technology comes with the history of equipments and tools and is said to be almost the same as the humanity history in so many aspects. The knowledge that people have has helped develop many endeavors in science, create many new things and it is generally true that most of theses endeavors have been successful as a result of technology. Technology itself is a scientific discovery that has helped scientist flourish in their researches since it is part and parcel of any scientific discovery. Technology is a scientific discovery that has enabled man to travel in many parts of the world including on mars and thus helping to probe the universe nature in more details.
The cultural traditions of a society affect technological innovations. Technology started all the way during the Stone Age period during the Neolithic Revolution when it developed to Bronze Age. Neolithic Revolution consisted of changes in areas such as agricultural technology and this mostly included agricultural development, permanent settlement adoption and domestication of animals. These factors are said to bring about the metal smelting using copper and bronze and it is said to be a means of technology.
Advantages of Technology to society
Technology has changed the man’s way of life in terms of thinking and carrying out activities. In the last fifty years technology has helped advance medicine and science, way of communication and travel to space. Diseases that once threatened the lives of individuals are no longer feared since technology has enabled tremendous discovery in medicine and therapies that are curing dangerous diseases. Digital technology has been a very good means of communication that has made the world look smaller. People now live healthier lives which we thank to technology and it is evident that if technology never existed people would be living a very traditional life just like before.
Electricity
Electricity was discovered and invented by various scientists including;
Otton Von Guericke
William Gilbert
Charles Francios,
Stephen Gray
Stephen Gray of England is said to have expanded the knowledge of electricity further compared to the rest. The prove that their could be an existence of a vacuum was done by Otto von Guericke. For further and important research in electronics there was a very high need to create a vacuum. A machine that was able to produce static electricity was developed in 1660 by Otto and this was recognized as the first world electric generator. Principle of conduction of electricity was then later discovered by Stephen Gray in 1729. In the following years of 1733 electricity was then said to be existing in two forms by Charles Francois which he said were:
Vitreous(+)
Resinous(-)
Currently, the above forms are called positive and negative. After sometime the original capacitor was discovered to be the Leyden jar. This is a device that is said to store and release electrical charge and in those days electricity was known as the most mysterious force. Almost at the same time in Holland, in 1745 is when the Leyden jar was discovered. Leyden jar was discovered by scientist Ewald Christian and Physicist known as Pieter Van Musschenbroek Von Kleist received a very powerful shock when he touched his Leyden jar for the first time and this made him fall down and this is an advantage that led them to make more discoveries. The Leyden jar was then named after his hometown.
According to Ben Franklin, lightning and Electricity are one and the same thing and his rod of lightning was his first application of electricity practical. Practical uses of electricity were then found by Luigi Galvani and this was a very important scientific contribution to the world. Currently electricity has been able to change the world in so many ways. First and fore most of technological activities are triggered by electricity. It is evident that electricity takes care of almost all the machinery, tools and equipments activities globally and due to the applications that exists it might be very hard to leave without electricity. The nerve impulses of electrical basis were created by Luigi Galvani in 1786 who was a physician from Italy. A group of very highly skilled and important scientist came up after Galveni and Cavendish who helped advance the aspect of electricity further and providing us with what we have today.
Advantages of Electricity
Electricity has improved man way of life in so many positive ways thus making life so easy for individuals, organizations and also companies. It is termed to be a very clean source of energy, to be very cheap and also very safe and convenient. Electricity has also helped improve medical treatment in terms of treatment of patients and manufacturing of medicine for sick individuals. The best part electricity has ever prayed in the field of medicine is starting a persons heart an act that has been termed as one of the most magnificent discoveries of mankind. In case any kind of heating is required electricity is termed as the best and easy mode to use. Technology is also said to be supported by electricity at a very high percentage. Without electricity technological activities would be hard to carry out.
Electricity lights the world. It lights our home and gives comfort to people’s lifestyle. Electricity is used in manufacturing companies for production, hospitals, and schools and almost in any other institution worldwide. Electricity has been able to change the world into a modern society by making the globe look more beautiful during the night and during the day and all this is due to technology. Beautiful art’s work and carvings with electricity designs stands in world cities attracting more people and creating a serene environment for many. It has made the act of education easier by allowing students to carry out experiments and do their study in a more easy way and with no struggle. At some point, it is difficult to imagine a world with no electricity, How would it look like? Dull and less entertaining is not an answer enough. Imagine a world with no phones, Televisions, Computers and other electronically powered devices.
Penicillin
One of the earliest made discoveries that is widely used globally is penicillin which is termed as an antibiotic a word derived from the mold of penicillium. Antibiotics are said to be substances which are natural and are bacteria released and also released by Fungi as a way of inhibiting other organisms in their environment. On a scale of microphone it is said to be a chemical warfare. Penicillin was first discovered by a student in France in the year 1896 and was later rediscovered by Alexander Fleming who was a bacteriologist working in London at St. Mary’s Hospital in the year 1928.
Fleming came to a discovery that a blue green mold has contaminated a staphylococcus which is a plate culture and the bacteria colonies which are adjacent to the mold area in the process of being dissolved. Fleming became curious and decided to grow the mold in a more pure culture and came to discover that the mold produced a certain substance that killed certain diseases that caused bacteria. Dr. Fleming Published her investigations results in 1929 after naming the substance penicillin and stated that if his discovery was produced in large quantities it would be of high therapeutic value to mankind.
Development of other antibiotics was triggered by the discovery of penicillin molecular layout by Dorothy and this led to greater saving of human life. Intensive research was however started by Dr. Howard Florey and his three colleagues in 1939 and they were able to bring out the facts that penicillin was a substance that was capable of killing infectious bacteria. During the war with Germany, penicillin became very scarce since the government and industrial resources were exhausted and therefore the British scientist lacked to produce enough of penicillin for clinical trials on people and they ended up looking for assistance from the United States. Large amounts of penicillin was then discovered to be create from pumping air into very deep vats which had a non alcoholic by product known as corn steep liquor with combination of some additional ingredients. Sarcastically, after a global search, it was a sprain of penicillin from a decaying cantaloupe in a Peoria market that was instituted and enhanced to create the largest quantity of penicillin when mature in the deep vat, waterlogged conditions.
Benefits of Penicillin
The treatment of bacterial infection before penicillin was discovered was almost impossible and many people would just die out of this infection. One of the major treatments that were used then was opening the infection so that the pus can ooze out. In most cases advanced infection could not be treated like this especially if they affected the brain and this would definitely lead to the death of the patient. Certain bacterial infections could be treated although it was too expensive for those specific drugs and the medicines were said to contain very severe side effects. Penicillin has got very mild side effects and could treat a wide range of bacterial diseases and most patients who are treated with penicillin can be treated without a definitive diagnosis.
However, it is clear that some patients are allergic to penicillin and due to this they end up using other antibiotics. Penicillin is said to attach itself at the centre of the bacteria as they divide thus preventing them from formation of a new cell wall but instead the bacteria will just burst. Penicillin has the lives of so many people worldwide since its discovery especially during those times when there used to be no effective and efficient medical facilities. Bacterial infection is one of the main known infections that can easily lead to death of an individual. However, since the discovery of penicillin a lot of people have lived. Penicillin also helped advance the field of medicine since more research was done thus enabling the scientist and physicians to discover more types of medicine that was and is still being used in other diseases. The field of medicine is a very important area in every nation that needs to be well taken care of in order for the people to leave healthy and be able to live and carry their day to day activities.
Conclusion
In conclusion, Science, technology and philosophy are areas that have made the world to change and turn into a beautiful haven where people are able to carry their day to day activities effectively and efficiently. The world has experienced a lot of changing accomplishments that have helped improve man’s way of living. This has so happened in almost all aspects of life including, family, transportation, working, transportation and leisure. Currently, the world cannot be compared with how it looked in one hundred years back. There has been a tremendous growth in terms of business, transport, infrastructure and others.
All these changes have been brought about by the discovery of science, technology, philosophy and others and all these are a way of enhanced education. Technology and electricity are two major world accomplishments that have greatly changed the world and made it look like a small place that people live on earth. People have been able to travel so fast, communicate so easily, carry out transactions and do other business activities as if they were living in one house. This is all due to the world major innovations which are still being enhanced in order to make better discoveries and improve the current technology into a better one.
Electricity invention is among the most highly recognized means of accomplishment in the whole world especially due to the changes of life it has made to the human race. Due to electricity life has become so easy in terms of entertainment, household chores, manufacturing businesses, money transactions and other business fields which are mostly triggered by electricity. Electricity has helped light the world in so many ways and it has greatly been enhanced past the rural areas thus making most of the people worldwide enjoy the pleasure.
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