physics By kristenpleat Jan 1, 1950 Paul Dirac, first suggestion of string theory Jan 1, 1952 Edward Teller et al, hydrogen bomb Jan 1, 1956 Erwin Muller, field ion microscope and first images of individual atoms Jan 1, 1957 Hugh Everett, Many worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics Jan 1, 1958 Martin Ryle, evidence for evolution of distant cosmological radio sources Jan 1, 1958 Seaborg et al, element 102, nobelium Jan 1, 1969 David Finkelstein, Space-time code Mar 29, 1969 Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon Jan 1, 1970 Simon Van der Meer, stochastic cooling for particle beams Jan 1, 1972 Jacob Bekenstein, black hole entropy Jan 1, 1974 Kenneth Wilson, lattice gauge theory Jan 1, 1977 James Elliot, rings of Uranus Jan 1, 1979 Voyager, rings of Jupiter Jan 1, 1985 David Deutsch, theory of quantum computing Jan 1, 1994 Darnstadt element 110