Existence of electrons is real - University don

A professor of science has strongly advised Ghanaians against the temptation to assume that the existence of electrons, the planets and other particles was a mere illusion.

Professor Keshaw Singh of the Department of Physics of Faculty of Science of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), stated that "almost everything we know through the scientific methods and theories can be found in reality and should not be doubted".

Professor Singh gave the advice when he delivered the KNUST Golden Jubilee second inaugural lecture in Kumasi on Friday. His topic was, "The concept of energy and information in the origin and evolution of life in the universe".

The lecture was attended by deans of faculties, heads of departments, directors and staff as well as students of the university. Professor Singh explained that the existence of electrons and similar particles could not be denied, "otherwise systems based on scientific theories and ideas will never have worked".

Radio, television, computers and radar which have been developed based on scientific theories work as expected and were ample examples to testify to the fact that electrons exist in reality, he stressed.

Professor Singh acknowledged that even though science initially started and was considered as a human adventure, today scientific discoveries show that it has become one of the principal components of life.

Professor John Sefah Kwadwo Ayim, Vice Chancellor of the KNUST, who chaired the inaugural lecture, stressed the need for the intensification of science education and its application to bring the desired growth to bear on the nation.