Science
- Planck's law of black body radiation
- Einstein's theory of special relativity
- Einstein explains Brownian motion and the photoelectric effect
- Seismographs built in the University of California, Berkeley, in 1900
- Practical air conditioner designed by Willis Carrier in 1902
- Geiger Counter (measures radioactivity) invented by Hans Geiger in 1908
- Radioactivity discovered by Marie Curie
- Third Law of Thermodynamics by Walther Nernst
- Quantum Hypothesis by Max Planck in 1900
- The Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunization for tuberculosis is first developed.
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Famous quotes containing the word science:
“Science is facts. Just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts. But a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts is not necessarily science.”
—Jules Henri Poincare (1854–1912)
“Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“Magic is akin to science in that it always has a definite aim intimately associated with human instincts, needs, and pursuits. The magic art is directed towards the attainment of practical aims. Like other arts and crafts, it is also governed by a theory, by a system of principles which dictate the manner in which the act has to be performed in order to be effective.”
—Bronislaw Malinowski (1984–1942)