Dawn of science

It is a fact that seven thousand years ago, man had hands,eyes and brain as good as those of a man today. But how much they made use of them is little evident. Lack of records of that period make a study not possible.

Recorded evidence is of course available of Egypt and Mesopotamia five or six thousand years ago. These must have been done by the wise priests, who studied movement of stars, metallurgy,medicine and whatever else that was thought wisdom.

Of every period, volumes can be written on what men wanted to know and how he learnt. Indeed, it must have been great inquisitiveness that man watch night after night,without any suitable instrument, such as, telescope, the slow change in the position of stars etc. He was very thoughtful to connect the appearance of new stars with the changing seasons. Ultimately, Astronomy, the science of planets and stars, was born. Water-clock and sand-clock were invented to measure time. Marking time is a very significant step in the field of science, as it marks the prime theory of nature and its regularity.

The great Pyramids,dated 2300 B.C. denote a marvelous feat of the engineers of that period. It must have been the result of a good study and application of practical Geometry. Early people in their own way studied the medicine with no knowledge of Anatomy. This, the foundation of science was laid purely due to the scientific attitude of mind, questioning and reasoning.