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Nonetheless, science and technology in England continued to develop rapidly in absolute terms. Furthermore, according to a Japanese research firm, over 40% of the world's inventions and discoveries were made in the UK, followed by France with 24% of the world's inventions and discoveries made in France and followed by the US with 20%. [1]
Engineers during World War Two test a model of a Halifax bomber in a wind tunnel, an invention that dates back to 1871.. The following is a list and timeline of innovations as well as inventions and discoveries that involved British people or the United Kingdom including the predecessor states before the Treaty of Union in 1707, the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland.
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:21st-century Black British scientists and Category:21st-century British women scientists The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.
The UK remains a leading centre of automotive design and production, particularly of engines, and has around 2,600 component manufacturers. [39] Investment by venture capital firms in UK technology companies was $9.7 billion from 2010 to 2015. [40] The UK is one of only 3 nations with $1 trillion technology industry. [citation needed]
Pages in category "British scientists" The following 113 pages are in this category, out of 113 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
A 2021 study also led by Key confirmed the grave marker to be the oldest known surviving tombstone in the United States. His latest study set out to find the origin of the tombstone.
Edward Witten is a renowned theoretical physicist and mathematician known for his groundbreaking contributions to string theory and various areas of mathematical physics. Along with the production of the atomic bomb, World War II also began an era known as "Big Science" with increased government patronage of scientific research. The advantage ...
Scientists consider the blue whale, which grows up to 110 feet (33.5 meters) long, to be the largest known animal ever to exist on the planet. But it’s possible that the 202 million-year-old ...