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  2. Timeline of scientific discoveries - Wikipedia

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    The Scientific Revolution occurs in Europe around this period, greatly accelerating the progress of science and contributing to the rationalization of the natural sciences. 16th century: Gerolamo Cardano solves the general cubic equation (by reducing them to the case with zero quadratic term).

  3. Golden age of physics - Wikipedia

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    The golden age of nonlinear physics was the period from 1950 to 1970, encompassing the Fermi–Pasta–Ulam–Tsingou problem and others. [10] This followed the golden age of nuclear physics, which had spanned the two decades from the mid-1930s to the mid-1950s. [11] A golden age of physics started at the end of the 1920s. [12]

  4. 20th century in science - Wikipedia

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    Radios were popularized as a form of entertainment during the 1920s, which extended to television during the 1950s. Cable and satellite television spread rapidly during the 1980s and 1990s. Personal computers began to enter the home during the 1970s–1980s as well.

  5. Timeline of historic inventions - Wikipedia

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    The Lower Paleolithic period lasted over 3 million years, during which there many human-like species evolved including toward the end of this period, Homo sapiens.The original divergence between humans and chimpanzees occurred 13 (), however interbreeding continued until as recently as 4 Ma, with the first species clearly belonging to the human (and not chimpanzee) lineage being ...

  6. Timeline of chemistry - Wikipedia

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    An image from John Dalton's A New System of Chemical Philosophy, the first modern explanation of atomic theory.. This timeline of chemistry lists important works, discoveries, ideas, inventions, and experiments that significantly changed humanity's understanding of the modern science known as chemistry, defined as the scientific study of the composition of matter and of its interactions.

  7. Timeline of fundamental physics discoveries - Wikipedia

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    Such discoveries are often a multi-step, multi-person process. Multiple discovery sometimes occurs when multiple research groups discover the same phenomenon at about the same time, and scientific priority is often disputed. The listings below include some of the most significant people and ideas by date of publication or experiment.

  8. 1920 in science - Wikipedia

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    The year 1920 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Astronomy and space science. January 13 ...

  9. Category:20th century in science - Wikipedia

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    1920s in science (19 C, 17 P) 1930s in science (20 C, ... 20th-century archaeological discoveries ... 1950 in science; 1951 in science;