History of science and technology in the United States

Africa, but some Sub-Saharan countries are more similar to the United States than what can be seen at a first glance. According to studies performed in 2001, the United States had a 97% educational enrollment rate in secondary schools (Nuwer), whereas South Africa had a 95% educational enrollment rate in secondary schools (Mzamane). Although there are obvious population differences, the educational enrollment rates between the United States and South Africa only have a difference of two percent within

consumerism. This synthetic world, also known as the World States is advanced in science and technology. It is used in every aspect of their lives especially in the mass production of humans to bring stability to society. Unlike the World State, United states is less advanced in terms of science and technology. The citizens are less dependent on science and technology then the World State. The world state is much more supported by the science and technology. Their personal freedom is questionable with these

“Science fiction is the major non-realistic mode of imaginative creation of the human age. It is the principal cultural way humans locate themselves imaginatively in time and space” (Franklin 2). Science fiction’s domain is based on the possible. It ranges from the present Earth the human mind knows to the limits of any possible universes the human imagination can project, whether its the past, present, future, or alternative time-space continuums (Franklin 1). Science fiction embraces the American

explore on Earth, Space is infinite. The Space Race was a historical competition between the Soviet Union and the United States for the first humans to reach the moon. Taking place during 1957-1975, the Space Race showcased the determination between the two nations to display who had the superior science and technology knowledge. After the Russians created the first satellite, the United States felt threatened that the Soviet Union would have military control over space and began to race against their

Technology advancements have had a tremendous impact on American society and culture, since the dropping of the atomic bomb in 1945. Whether it is political, economical, or scientific, technology has transformed American culture into what it is today. Through advancements in the 1950’s up until the 2000’s one can see the dramatic alteration each generation has gone through. From tech boom in the late 1950’s, to the Apollo mission in the late 1960’s, up until the “CNN effect,” one can see how each

The Second World War could be easily stated as the most horrific war ever fought in the history of mankind. This war showed the true potential that human race has to annihilate every living specie on this earth. There were many lives lost in this war. According to a US census, over 6o million people lost their lives in this war and during the period of 1936-1945 this number is considered to 2.3% of the world population [1]. World War 2 destroyed countries and in many cases wiped off many cities from

Introduction In education, it is not the learning of facts or taking a test, education is the training of the mind to think. In Americas educational history, it changed through the centuries due to certain events that took place at that time. One of the key events that changed the academic standards and curriculum was on October 4th in 1957, the launching of the Soviet Union Sputnik. It was the first satellite to orbit the earth, this event took place during the cold war, it represented

McDougall, Walter. The Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age. New York: Basic Books, 1985. Walter A. McDougall is a Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1974. He is a Vietnam veteran and an author of many books including Promised Land, Crusader State: The American Encounter With the World Since 1776 (1997) and Let the Sea Make a Noise: A History of the North Pacific from Magellan to MacArthur (1993).

In the past three decades, China has become one of the major contributors to science and technology.1 Currently China employs an increasingly large labor force of scientists and engineers at high earnings, and produces more science and engineering degrees than the United States at all levels, most in bachelors.1 Accounting for 35-75% of the world’s scientific activities, the United States is in jeopardy of losing its scientific dominance to China, thus, facing negative economic consequences.2 This

often inaccurate, for example the display of evident sexism. While this movie did roughly indulge in the chronicles of previous space missions and the tension between the United States and Russia in the on going “Space Race”, there is very little mention of the science behind the mission, making this more of a poorly represented history movie than a scientific examination into the world of NASA, the Kennedy Space Center, and the mission of Apollo 13. Before explaining inconsistencies in the movie’s