The oldest known boat (a canoe), carbon-dating indicates that it is from the Mesolithic era between 8040 BCE to 7510 BCE. The Khufu ship is the largest…
The word telescope now refers to a wide range of instruments.
The reflecting telescope, which uses mirrors to collect and focus light, was invented within a few decades of the first refracting telescope. In the 20th…
Scientists and engineers both considered technologists
Technology is often a consequence of science and engineering, although technology as a human activity precedes the two fields. For example, science might study the…
Telescope is optical instrument distant objects
A telescope is an optical instrument that makes distant objects appear magnified by using an arrangement of lenses or curved mirrors and lenses, or various…
Dictionaries have offered a variety of definitions
Dictionaries and scholars have offered a variety of definitions. The Merriam-Webster Learner’s Dictionary offers a definition of the term: “the use of science in industry,…
Philosophical debates have arisen over technology
Philosophical debates have arisen over the use of technology, with disagreements over whether technology improves the human condition or worsens it. Neo-Luddism, anarcho-primitivism, and similar…