Important dates in the history of science in the contemporary period (1945- present ) in the fields of mathematics and physics By Géraldine Djuikom 1954 The manufacture of the first solar panel by Bell Laboratories, which was intended to serve the conquest of space. 1958 The creation of the GPS (Global positionning System) by the US army of the DOD (Department of Defense) 1964 The construction of the world's first high-speed train: "The Shinkansen" 1969 two of the three astronauts on the Apollo 11 mission, made history by becoming the first men to land and walk on the Moon 1977 Introduction of public-Key codes by Adelman, Rivest and Shamir 1982 The fractial geometry of nature by Mandelbrot
