Power of science for peace and development

In 1999, at the World Conference on Science held in Budapest, Hungary, a proposal was presented to dedicate a day to science. 

In 2001, UNESCO officially declared November 10 as World Science Day, recognizing its pivotal role in the development of societies.

Interestingly:

• Modern science emerged thanks to European Christian civilization, during a period when people increasingly valued ideas based on reason and experimentation rather than authority.

• Modern science began during the Renaissance in the 16th–17th centuries, thanks to figures such as Descartes, Pascal, Copernicus, Galileo, Newton, and others.

• Over the course of historical development, science's influence has extended beyond the realm of technology, transforming into a vital social and humanitarian institution that continues to impact all areas of society and culture.

• Since the 17th century, the scale of scientific activity has approximately doubled every 10–15 years (in terms of discoveries, scientific information, and the number of researchers).

Regarding the popularization of science:

• Tycho Brahe believed that scientific knowledge should be accessible only to leaders who could make use of it.

• Academician Ludwig Faddeev of the Russian Academy of Sciences stated: "We realize that we must explain to people—the taxpayers—what we are doing. However, we should only popularize those areas of science that are fully comprehensible. Modern science is more difficult to popularize. Explaining all kinds of strings, Yang-Mills fields, and so on… doesn't work well."

Science for Peace and Development

The spirit of this day is to raise global awareness of the usefulness of science and to remind people that scientific and technological achievements should be used for the well-being of humanity and the advancement of civilization.