Science and technology in the Philippines
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Science and technology in the Philippines refers to the country's scientific and technological development and the policies that support it. The main government agency responsible for managing science and technology programs is the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). It is supported by several sectoral councils and agencies that focus on forestry, agriculture and aquaculture, the metal industry, nuclear research, food and nutrition, health and virology, as well as the earth sciences, including meteorology, volcanology, and seismology.
Notable Filipino scientists include Fe del Mundo in pediatrics, Eduardo Quisumbing in plant taxonomy, Gavino Trono in tropical marine phycology, and María Orosa in food technology.
History
Pre-Colonial Period
The Laguna Copperplate Inscription shows the use of mathematics in precolonial Philippine societies. A standard system of weights and measures is demonstrated by the use of precise measurement for gold, and familiarity with rudimentary astronomy is shown by fixing the precise day within the month in relation to the phases of the moon.
Shipbuilding showed geometric thinking and mastery of convexity, concavity, and the proper proportion between ship breadth and length to ensure sailing efficiency. The practice of constructing as much as twelve ships and boats to fit inside each other, not unlike matryoshka dolls containing each other, can be interpreted as large three-dimensional wooden demonstration of sets, subsets, volumes, and ordinality.
The Banaue Rice Terraces are among the sophisticated products of engineering by pre-Spanish era Filipinos.
Spanish Colonial Period
The colonization of the Philippines contributed to the growth of science and technology in the archipelago.
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