4 obvious reasons why you should know your materials and the Science behind it.

(I guess the last one is not so obvious)         

If the first thing that comes to your mind when I say "Material Science" is the material that your T-shirt is made of, then you are probably in the right track (depending on how you are thinking about it). Let me tell you seven reasons why you should know 'How materials work?', 'What are their properties?' and 'What's the science behind it?'.

         1) Everything you see in your room is made in association with Materials Science and Engineering somehow, starting from the computer you are using right now to the pen you used to check the calendar or the wires carrying current or the bulbs on the wall or your smartphone and you name it... For instance, the wire carrying current in your room was once upon a time locked down deep in the earth, when one day a gang of engineers came over to dig it up and process it in many ways before it ended up in your room.

         2) You can save your life. If you are thinking how, I can give you a lot of examples on people getting into misery because they were not aware of the property of the materials present in their stuff or car or door or the house or the metal they used for constructing the bridge or ship, etc. I can assure you that knowing the science behind how the wire carrying current in your room works, you might actually end up preventing a fire. (PS. I have added some links to show you the harsh truth. If you are not well informed about the material you are using, you may also land up in an accident). Also, knowing which rubber was used to make the tires of your automobile, might mean the difference suffering a fatal accident or avoiding one.

a) Engineer Suffers Scary Electrical Accident.
b) Crane mechanics failure

***Long story short, a defected screw holds the key to the gate upstairs.***

         3) You'll be one step ahead in the game. Knowing about materials and their properties give you an extra edge on many day to day things starting from the question of whether you get bullied at school or you get a date at the end of the day or whether you ride the most economical yet best functioning car among your peers, etc. Crazy right! I know, and I thought about the same thing too. Do you know that if you wear a scent carrying the aroma of orange fruit mixed with lavender flower scent than you will appear younger than you actually. You can see where I'm going with this.

         4) You can become invisible. Have you ever wondered what it would be like if you were given the power to become invisible for a day or a week. Well, you won't be needing any super powers to do that from now on. Guess what, science and engineering are just one step away from perfecting the technology to make your fantasy come alive. You can follow the link below to see the news update on research related to this. The Invisibility cloak

So, what are you waiting for? Get going and start learning the properties of your materials.