Can someone tell me two important scientific events-one recent,one in the past?
The list could be endless – and it depends upon what you mean by ‘the past’ and ‘recent’. I am pleased that you say ‘events’ rather than ‘inventions’. Many inventions, including recent computer technology, mobile phones, the Internet, etc. have changed the world. However, events begin a ‘process’ which change our view of the world and ourselves. The very nature of humanity and our place in the universe is at stake. Inventions and events obviously intertwine. Was Bell’s ‘discovery of the telephone’ an event or just a discovery? Just as Newton’s discoveries? Darwin’s ‘Origin of Species’? (I think he comes close to the top of my list.) What about the discovery of gunpowder, the trebuchet, the multitide of discoveries in atomic science, the biro, or Baird’s clumsy attempts at developing a television system? Farnsworth, an American kid who invented an electronic means of television, might be outraged! Space exploration and landing on the moon? Columbus’ discoveries were just as world-shatte
