Scientific Advancements

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  • Atomic theory
    460 BCE

    Atomic theory

    Democritus Of Abdera developed the atomic theory. He elaborated the idea that matter consisted of atoms having physical size and shape which constantly moved in a void and interacted in different ways.
  • Cleopatra VII
    69 BCE

    Cleopatra VII

  • Period: 69 BCE to 30 BCE

    Alchemist

    Cleopatra VII experimented with poisons; influencing alchemist.
  • Magnetism
    1540

    Magnetism

    William Gilbert propounded the theory that the earth was a giant loadstone with north and south magnetic poles.
  • Gravity

    Gravity

    Issac Newton developed the theory of matter and he studied gravitation and motion and then developed the law of gravity
  • Boyles  law

    Boyles law

    Robert Boyle experimented in pneumatics he rejected the accepted definition of matter and he proposed Boyles Law
  • Electricity could magnetize metals

    Electricity could magnetize metals

    Benjamin Franklin experimented with electricity. He introduced the terms positive and negative and he showed that electricity could magnetize and demagnetize iron needles
  • Vulcanization of rubber

    Vulcanization of rubber

    Charles Goodyear developed a process for vulcanization of rubber.
  • Photoelectric cell

    Photoelectric cell

    Albert Einstein published a paper that explained the photoelectric effect which provided the foundation for quantum theory and resulted in the invention of the photoelectric cell.
  • Hubble space telescope

    Hubble space telescope

    He discovered that there is countless galaxies exist beyond our own Milky Way galaxy.
  • Blood storage

    Blood storage

    In case of a surgery or a traumatic injury, scientists perfected means of a safe blood storage
  • Smallpox eradication

    Smallpox eradication

    World health organization announced that the disease know as small pox had been completely eradicated worldwide
  • The human genome project

    The human genome project

    The complete genetic blueprint of the human dna.