Materials science is important for the development of technology and has been or thousands of years. Different materials have different strengths and weaknesses and are better for different purposes. Since technology is the process of using our scientific knowledge to create devices and objects that benefit humans, understanding materials is an important step in this process.

The more you understand the materials that you have choose from, the better choices you will make. Materials studied in materials science can be anything from simple materials like wood, to modern man-made materials like plastic, to the very latest materials