Scientific Prediction
- The existence of Neptune was predicted through mathematical modelling based on Sir Isaac Newton's Law of gravity
- Radio waves were predicted by James Clerk Maxwell
- Ultimate fate of the universe
- Final anthropic principle - highly contentious prediction bordering on philosophy
- Anti-matter was predicted by Paul Dirac on the basis of his formulation of relativistic quantum mechanics.
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