The Teaching of Science and the History of Science.

The article presents the history of science as well as its teaching. The history of science way back from the early nineteenth century has been briefly presented so as to imbibe scientific literacy. It started at the height of Napoleonic wars in 1813, when Humphry Davy, the English scientist who have won the Napoleon's prize for outstanding researches on galvanic electricity, has been allowed by Napoleon to visit scientific colleagues in France and to travel through southern France and Italy. The visit, as alleged by the present analysts, was considered as the inception of understanding towards the nature of science as well as the processes of scientific inquiry, as the history itself provides scientific insights applicable for current science teaching.