Interdisciplinary Studies in Science Technology Philsophy and Culture (Part 6)

by D. P. Chattopadhyaya

Science consists of a body of precise statements which can be tested or proved. It may be descriptive observational experimental or classificatory statement of exact sicneces are meaurable in terms of numbers. Technology is intimately related to science. While science is concerned with the human understanding of the objective world its inherent properites and thier interactions, technology and engineering deal with the application. D.P. Chattopadhyaya is founder chairman of the Indian council of philosophy research (1981-1990) and president cum chairman of the Indian Institute of advanced study Shimla (1984-1991). Chattopadhyaya is currently the project director of the multidisciplinary 96 vol. Project of history of Indian science philosophy and culture and chairman of the centre for studies in civilization.