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"Science and technology" is not exactly "technology"

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  "Science and technology" in the literature is a fixed phrase, where science comes before technology.  However, many people regard them as the same thing, and in practice they often turn their positions upside down.   Science, more specifically, natural science, refers to the general category of disciplines that uses observation, experiment, simulation, and analysis to study various things and phenomena in nature and explore their principles. The purpose is to understand the world; what is discussed in this article Within the scope, it also includes mathematics.  Technology , on the other hand, is the integration of means, forms, methods and processes to solve various problems. It generates new things on the basis of existing things, or changes the performance and functions of existing things, with the purpose of serving human society.   Between the two, science provides the foundation and support for the development of technology, while technological progress constantly pro