Science in America has changed greatly over time. It has become more fine tuned, more precise, and perhaps a bit less practical, yet, despite this change, there is a common thread between the science of today and yesterday. Among all the variables of scientific change, the motive is constant. Indeed, the motive is deeply rooted in American values. The motive is progress, change for the better. As the founding fathers created a new form of government to better the old, so has science been used to rid Americans of the old for the better new. Weather the new be something physical like the lightbulb or intangible like the knowledge that has been gained by satellites about the universe we live in, all that has been gained has been new and all that has been kept has been considered improved. The reason our nation has been at the forefront of science since its creation is because the people of this nation have long been motivated by their curiosity, their desire for exploration, their desire to find something new, their desire to change. Science offered an outlet for these desires and so it was supported.
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