The Curse of Science
Today, the mankind is living under the shadow of sudden death. It appears that we have come to the end of our journey. Now we stand on the brink of complete and final destruction. The earth has become a dangerous place. It may explode to pieces at any moment.
Man has been living on this earth for thousands of years. It has been giving him everything he needed. Then, why it has become so dangerous. The only thing responsible for this is science and its inventions.
Science has brought more fear and danger than hope and comfort. In the beginning, it appeared to be the greatest friend and helper of man. It promised to overcome disease and death. It promised to end poverty and hunger. It promised to make this earth a paradise, and man an immortal god. What has to accomplished? It has not ended poverty. It has not stopped famines. It has not overcome disease. It has not defeated death.
It is true that science has brought many comforts to man. Science has, no doubt, made it possible to produce things in great quantities. It has brought the gift of industrialization. But this very gift is a poison for a greater part of mankind. The advanced and powerful nations exploit and depress the weak and small peoples. The strong countries are becoming longer and the weak ones weaker. It is science and its inventions that make it possible. It has destroyed the old social system. It has broken up the established institutins. But it is has not produced a better and happier world.
In the past, man lived in a happy world. There was enough food for all. He loved his neighbours and respected his elders. His life was simple. He did not have the so-called blessings of science, but he did not need them. Of curse, there were wars and famines sometimes. But their effects were limited. The number of people who died in all the wars and famines of the past is probably less than those who have been killed in the road accidents in the last fifty years.
Effects On a Nation of World War II
World War II: The Effects On a Nation
“Great events have happened. The World is forever changed and it is time for sober thought.”
– Henry Stimson, Truman’s Secratary of War, said this after the events of World War II.
World War II was one of the most contriversal events in military and political history. The events that led to it’s beginning and end were historic in their own rights. From the sudden death of Franklin D. Rooseevlt to the rise of Harry Truman, many suprises were in store. The Manhattan Project was one of the biggest government secerets in United States government history. World War II was one of the most dramatic and traumatic times in world history.
The war had been going on for two years. It had started with Geramny’s invasion of Poland. The U.S. had not been involved until December 7, 1941, when a group of Japanese bombers attcked a U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The United States was now in full out war, but not with just one part of the world but two. They were fighting against Hitler and the Axis powers in Europe and against the Japanese in the Pacific.
With the war waging on political leaders began to ask if it would be possible to use the power of the atom to create a bomb. They didn’t want some little bomb which would cause a few deaths, but they wanted a bomb that would cause mass destruction and the enemies to surrender. So in 1942 the United States made the desicion to begin the develoment of the world’s first atomic weapons. During that year an important step forward in the production of these weapons was takin, Dr. Enrico Fermi and a group of scientists, who were working at the University of Chicago, created the first controlled chain reaction.
The Japan after the World War II
World War II drastically affected the Japanese culture, economics, and
Japan is considered one of the most important and powerful
countries in the modern world but this accomplishment has been reached by a
lot of work and changes made in the Japanese society. During World War II
the destruction of Japanese cities and the death of a lot of Japanese
people caused them to change their in their system of politics and foreign
policy. The changes made in Japan were not only in the politics but also
in the culture in general because of the entrance of western ideas into
Japan after World War II made the Japanese adapt their ancient culture to
These changes in their culture made the Japanese a whole new
country and made it more open to foreign ideas and costumes. The efforts
to recover from the was led the Japanese to have a strict and competitive
view in technological and scientific advances. Now the Japanese people are
considered as one of the most working and intelligent human beings, because
of their brightness in the technology and scientific advances. The
Japanese had a really difficult path to go through after World War II, but
the people adapted to the new Japan and tried to make it a better place by
being very strict and competitive. After the changes in Japan the Japanese
people have shown that they are capable of a lot of things specially having
an enormous change in their life such as culture, economics, technology and
politics. This kind of change in any society is a very difficult task to
undertake and not too many countries are able to do it. The effects of
World War II, including the destruction of Japan, was the task for the
Japanese and they were very strong and worked themselves out of the
problems and succeeded in the modern world and now Japan is considered the
fragile superpower in the top world.
The Expenses Cost of the World War II
World War II was shattering end to a difficult period in history. Although there are no exact figures on the lives lost, money spent, or property destroyed, we do know World War II killed more people, destroyed more property, disrupted more lives, and probably had more far reaching consequences than any other war in history. World War II was by far the most dreadful conflict in human history.
The battlegrounds of World War II spread to nearly every part of the world. Troops fought in the steaming jungles of Southeast Asia, in the deserts of northern Africa, and on islands in the Pacific Ocean. Every battle waged cast everyone more money and destroyed more property. Property damage as a result of World War II was immense. Although there are no exact figures, the cost of the war is estimated at more than two trillion dollars. The United States alone spent an estimated $341 billion during World War II. However, this did include $50 billion for lend-lease supplies, of which $31 billion went to Britain, $11 billion to the Soviet Union, $5 billion to China, and $3 billion to thirty five other countries. Once totals were all added up, the United States was found to have spent the most on the war by far. Germany was next, having spent $272 billion; followed by the Soviet Union spending $192 billion. Next was Britain who spent $120 billion followed by Italy’s billion and Japan’s $56 billion. Although these are fairly accurate figures, the money spent by each individual country does not come close to being the war’s true cost.
