The world is experiencing a period of unprecedented advances in science. Today, more than ever, science and its applications in the form of technology are indispensable for development. The field is a result of the intersection of work by sociologists, historians, philosophers, anthropologists, and others studying the processes and outcomes of science, and technology. Because it is interdisciplinary, the field is extraordinarily diverse and innovative in its approaches. Because it examines science and technology, its findings and debates have repercussions for almost every understanding of the modern world. It is thus, important that a scholarly analysis be undertaken of the linkages between science, technology and development. Development requires not only science and technology but also modernization of politico-socio-economic traditions and methods.