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600 BCE
Father of Science
Greek philosopher Thales, is also known as "father of science." Thales came up with ideas about the natural world. He proposed that natural evens such as lightning and earthquakes, have natural causes. -
350 BCE
Aristotle introduces the idea of Empiricism
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700
Geber, a persian scientist introduced the scientific method and experimentation in chemistry
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1000
Europe goes through the Dark Ages
Science and learning in general were all but abandoned. However, in other parts of the world science flourished. During this period, some of the most important contributions to science were made Persian scholars. -
1500
Evolution of Science
People have probably wondered about about the natural world for as long as there have been people. Science has roots that go back thousands of years. Some of the earliest contributions to science were made by Greek philosophers more than two thousand years ago. -
1500
Scientific Revolution
the scientific revolution occurred in Europe. This was the beginning of modern western science. Many scientific advances were made during this time. The revolution of science began when Copernicus made the first convincing argument that the sun- not earth- is the center of the Solar System. -
Galileo
Around 1600 Italian scientist Galileo greatly improved the telescope, which had just been invented. The telescope made many important discoveries in the field of astronomy. -
Albert Einstein starts making discroveries
Albert Einstein was a German theoretical physicist. Einstein developed the theory of relativity. He was born March 14th 1879 and died April 18th 1955. -
Marie Curie
Marie curie was the first woman to have won a Nobel prize. She won two noble prizes. The first Nobel prize she won was in 1903. she won for her discovery of radiation. -
Marie Curie wins her 2nd Nobel Prize
Marie Curie wins her second Nobel prize. she won the award for chemistry, for her discovery of the elements of radium and polonium. -
Albert Einstein published his general Therory of Relavity
This theory relates matter and energy. It also explains that gravity is a property of space and time. -
C.V. Raman
C.V. Raman was an Indain scientist who won the 1930 Nobel prize for physics. He made important discoveries about how light travels through transparent materials. C.V. Raman also made a knight of the British Empire for his work. -
Maria Goeppert- Mayer
Maria Goeppert- Mayer is German American scientist, She helped to develop a new model of the nucleus of the atom She won a Nobel prize in physics in 1963. after Marie Curie, Maria Goeppert- Mayer is the second woman to win a Nobel prize in physics. -
Mario Molina
Mario Molina is a Mexican born scientist won the 1995 Nobel prize for chemistry. Mario Molina help discover how the ozone layer in the atmosphere I being destroyed by pollution. -
Ada. E Yonath
Ada. E Yonath was given a Noble prize in chemistry in 2009. She made important discovers about ribosomes, and the structures in living cells where proteins are made. -
J. Craig Venter Institute
J. Craig Venter Institute creates the first synthetic genome for a bacterial cell -
Apple
Apple releases its touchscreen tablet computer, the iPad. -
3D TV starts to become more widely available.
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Mars
Traces of liquid water discovered on Mars -
Three nanotechnologists win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for building miniature machines out of molecules.
