Institutions

Scientific research and the development of technology are areas of human endeavour which no one society has monopolized. China and the Islamic countries managed to give a relatively organized and developed form to scientific activity long before any European state, and the credit for major discoveries in the fields of magnetism, acoustics and optics is rightly theirs. The leading role played by science and technology (S&T) in our societies today is the result of a lengthy evolutionary process which has gradually given rise to the emergence of 'modern science' and the technical know-how on which technology is based: the sciences and their application are the result of history.

Sustainable Development Goals:

Decent Work and Economic Growth