Scientific Temperament: The Need of the Hour
First of all, we must know what does temperament mean? According to the Oxford Dictionary temperament means, “a person's or animal's nature, especially as it permanently affects their behaviour”. The term ‘Scientific Temperament’ was first coined by our former prime minister, Pt . Jawahar Lal Nehru in his book ‘The Discovery of India’ in which he described it as a search for truth and new knowledge, and the refusal to accept anything without tests and trials. So, scientific temperament or scientific temper refers to a person’s attitude of logical , rational and scientific thinking and hypothesizing things by observing them deeply and analytically. Importance Of Scientific Temper India has a population of over 1.2 billion (Census of India, 2011) out of which about 444 million people are under 18 years of age (i.e., 36.6% of the population) . It is very important to develop a scientific temperament amount this young population of India to develop our human r...