![\"Insulin\"](\"https:\/\/dev.sciencesensei.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/insulin.jpg\")
Insulin<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- Year(s) Officially Discovered:<\/strong> Roughly Late 1880s<\/em><\/li>\n
- Discovery Put Into Action:<\/strong> Between 1920 to 1925<\/em><\/li>\n
- Team\/Person Behind The Discovery:<\/strong> Dr. Oscar Minkowski, Dr. Josef von Mering, University of Toronto Researchers<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The Discovery of insulin happened by a complete accident. This happened when two doctors<\/a> at the University of Strasbourg were trying to find out how the pancreas affected digestion. Thus, in 1889 they decided to remove the healthy pancreas of a healthy dog. In doing so, they accidentally gave the dog diabetes. They found this out several days later when they realized flies were swarming alarmingly around the dog’s urine. Curious about this, the doctors decided to test the urine to see if any abnormalities came back.<\/p>\nThey found sugar in the urine, but the two men never actually found out why this happened nor how the pancreas regulated blood sugar. Then in 1922, researchers from the University of Toronto decided to do some tests on the organ. They were able to discover that by isolating pancreatic secretion, one could create insulin. This won the team a Nobel Prize and just one year later, Eli Lily Pharmaceutical Company began selling insulin that would save the lives of millions affected by Diabetes.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n![\"Math](\"https:\/\/dev.sciencesensei.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/mathematics.jpg\")
Math Equations. Photo Credit: Fran_kie\/Shutterstock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMathematics<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- Year(s) Officially Discovered:<\/strong> Roughly 3000-1800 BCE, Others Between 500 to 50 BCE, & 16th Century AD<\/em><\/li>\n
- Discovery Put Into Action:<\/strong> Immediately, Since Its Discovery<\/em><\/li>\n
- Team\/Person Behind The Discovery:<\/strong> Euclid of Alexandria, Archimedes, Isaac Newton, Pythagoras, The Maya <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The organized, agreed-upon form of Mathematics was discovered around 3,000 B.C. in the Mesopotamian states of Sumer, Akkad, and infamous Assyria. They along with Ancient Egyptians began using basic math such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing. This was clearly efficient, as it was at helping them keep track of supplies, animals, and workers. They eventually began using math to help with taxation, trade, commerce, and even patterns in nature. The Ancient Mayans, for example, used math to help them form their ideology around Astrology.<\/p>\n
This also allowed us to create a recorded time and calendar. The oldest two documents on early mathematics are the Babylonian Plimpton 322<\/em> & the Egyptian Rhind Mathematical Papyrus<\/em><\/a>. The Moscow Mathematical Papyrus<\/em> came out of this too. Each mentions the Pythagorean Theorem. This was referenced in Pythagorean Triples. This means Pythagoraous math is the oldest widespread math development after basic arithmetic and geometry. Of course, Archimedes would expand Geometry and he pretty much wrote the book on Algebra. Yet it was not until Issac Newton that the world was blessed with Calculus and thus, Geometry took off to a whole new level afterward. All of this goes down as some of the world’s greatest discoveries ever!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n![\"Gravitational\"](\"https:\/\/dev.sciencesensei.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/gravitational.jpg\")
Gravity Field bend spacetime relativity Earth Moon Planets. Photo Credit: CanBeDone\/Shutterstock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nGravity<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- Year(s) Officially Discovered:<\/strong> 230 to 260 BCE, 40 to 10 BCE, 16th to 17th Centuries A.D.<\/em><\/li>\n
- Discovery Put Into Action:<\/strong> Late B.C. Period, With Modern-Gravitational Theory Being Used By the 17th Century<\/em><\/li>\n
- Team\/Person Behind The Discovery:<\/strong> Archimedes, Vitruvius, Galileo Galilei, Sir Issac Newton<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
A lot of people only think about Isaac Newton when it comes to the discovery of gravity, but mankind knew about gravity for hundreds of years before this. In fact, Archimedes of Syracuse<\/a> actually discovered the center of gravity of a triangle. Based on Mathematics, which he also pioneered, he hypothesized that if two equal weights did not have the exact same center of gravity…then the center of gravity regarding the two weights would meet in the middle of a line they combine their gravity.<\/p>\nHowever, it was the modern form of the gravitational theory that truly revolutionized everything…and that started with Galileo. He dropped balls as well as other objects off the Tower of Pisa to prove a point about gravity. Air Resistance is to blame for objects with less mass falling slower than heavier objects. All of this opened up one of the greatest discoveries in modern history, where Isaac Newton came into play.<\/p>\n
In likely the greatest Mathematics book ever published, Principia<\/em>, Newton established the universal law of gravitation. He wrote:<\/p>\n“I deduced that the forces which keep the planets in their orbs must [be] reciprocally as the squares of their distances from the centers about which they revolve: and thereby compared the force required to keep the Moon in her Orb with the force of gravity at the surface of the Earth; and found them answer pretty nearly.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n![\"Earthly](\"https:\/\/dev.sciencesensei.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Earthly-Rotation.jpeg\")
Earth spinning on its axis (rotation) as it orbits the Sun (revolution). Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nHeliocentric View Of The World<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- Year(s) Officially Discovered:<\/strong> 3rd Century B.C.<\/em><\/li>\n
- Discovery Put Into Action:<\/strong> Not Officially Until Hundreds Of Years Later<\/em><\/li>\n
- Team\/Person Behind The Discovery:<\/strong> Aristarchus of Samos<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
For many years, there had been a theory that the world was not flat but rather, round. The idea of this came through numerous tests where Ancient scientists were consistently seeing what could only be considered a round appearance. This was especially apparent among astronomers. Yet the idea that we could be a sphere that gravitated around something was crazy. It was weird to assume that we were moving as it’s clear everything moved around us, right?<\/p>\n
Sadly for the Geocentrists, this just is not the case. The first to make this claim was Aristarchus of Samos<\/a> back in the 3rd Century B.C. or 300s. A lot of his work was lost during the Hellenistic Period among others in that timeframe. It would take over 1,000 years for a physical model to be used that helped to further prove his concept. Moreover, this was also the era that was able to prove Aristarchus right on the ever-needed mathematical level.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n![\"Copernican](\"https:\/\/dev.sciencesensei.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/copernican-system.jpg\")
Copernicus’ Heliocentric solar system. Photo Credit: Yaruna\/Shutterstock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe Copernican System<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- Years(s) Officially Discovered:<\/strong> 16th Century AD<\/em><\/li>\n
- Discovery Put Into Action:<\/strong> 16th Century<\/em><\/li>\n
- Team\/Person Behind The Discovery:<\/strong> Nicolaus Copernicus<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Sadly, Aristarchus would not have had access to the type of Mathematics needed to prove his concept. It had not really been invented yet. However, by the 16th Century AD, a man named Nicolaus Copernicus did. He was the one who discovered and mathematically proved the Heliocentric System<\/a>. This discovery was groundbreaking, and even the Catholic Schools taught Copernicus’ discovery for years to come. This might very well be why the Copernican Revolution happened so easily.<\/p>\nOf course, later on, people like Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei helped to support Copernicus’ and Aristarchus’ concepts. They observed moons and planets in our own solar system. Yet it was not until later on when William Herschel, Friedrich Bessel, and others found that the Sun was not the center of our universe. This is in spite of previous models putting it at the center. Although it is close, as it’s near the barycenter. Clearly, these are some of the greatest discoveries in history.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n![\"King](\"https:\/\/dev.sciencesensei.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/king-tut.jpg\")
King Pharaoh Tutankhamun Tutankhamen and mythology jackal Anubis inpu anup. Photo Credit: JK21\/Shutterstock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nDiscovery Of King Tut’s Tomb<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- Year(s) Officially Discovered:<\/strong> 1922<\/em><\/li>\n
- Discovery Put Into Action:<\/strong> Inbreeding Knowledge & Warnings Became Even More Widespread<\/em><\/li>\n
- Team\/Person Behind The Discovery:<\/strong> Howard Carter (funded by Lord Carnarvon)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
While on the surface this discovery may not seem impactful, it truly was in numerous ways. Pharoah Tutankhamun, known by many as the “Boy King” was said to have ruled over Egypt from 1334 to 1325 BCE. He comes from a long line of royal family members, especially in Egypt, that was incredibly inbred. Egyptian Royals often had sexual relations with each other, causing severe inbreeding that would be quite noticeable among many. Yet we did not realize how significant this was until King Tut. Sadly, many of the tombs of some of the iconic Pharaohs had been robbed with many bodies being messed up in the process. Yet Tut’s tomb was completely filled.<\/p>\n
This was due to his connection to Akhenaten (his father) and thus, his successors struck his name from the records. In this attempt to rewrite history, they preserved his legacy. Thieves would not rob a tomb that they did know existed nor knew the name of. That led Tut’s tomb to be well-preserved and untouched for 33 centuries! Howard Carter<\/a> would find Tut along with 5,000 artifacts, many of which are still in museums all over the world. Through examination, scientists found that Tut’s parents were siblings. In 1922, we knew inbreeding had drawbacks but did not realize just how many there could be. The Tut Study proved years of inbreeding led to poor health and several deformities. Further study into royals of the past also led to knowing which were likely inbred as well as even the forms of inbreeding involved.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n![\"Weatherman\"](\"https:\/\/dev.sciencesensei.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/weatherman.jpg\")
Weather broadcast. Photo Credit: NTL Studio\/Shutterstock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nMeteorology<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- Year(s) Officially Discovered:<\/strong> 350 B.C.<\/em><\/li>\n
- Discovery Put Into Action:<\/strong> Not For Hundreds Of Years<\/em><\/li>\n
- Team\/Person Behind The Discovery:<\/strong> Aristotle<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Meteorology is the study of the weather as well as weather patterns. Funny enough, it was actually the great philosopher Aristotle<\/a> that is the inventor of not only the term but also pioneered the first studies within meteorology. The term is Greek for “the study of things high in the air.” Yet it cannot be ignored just how close it is to astrology too. You’ll likely already be aware of how important astrology was to Ancient people.<\/p>\nTherefore, it should not come as a shock that they had a term at the ready for the study of our weather. Aristotle wrote the first material on this in his book appropriately titled, Meteorology<\/em>. He felt by studying the weather, we could better plan for severe issues it caused, rather than be taken by surprise. In the book, he discusses water evaporation, earthquakes, and other weather-related material that he knew of at the time this was said to have been written, 350 BCE. Sadly, we did not have major breakthroughs in the field until hundreds of years after Aristotle’s work was published. Today, however, we have the best weather for studying data and equipment in history!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n![\"Static](\"https:\/\/dev.sciencesensei.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/static-electricity-in-action.jpg\")
Static Electricity In Action. Photo Credit: Zyabich\/Shutterstock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nElectricity<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- Year(s) Officially Discovered:<\/strong> Roughly 3000 to 2700 B.C.<\/em><\/li>\n
- Discovery Put Into Action:<\/strong> Inventions Using Electricity Took Thousands Of Years To Form<\/em><\/li>\n
- Team\/Person Behind The Discovery:<\/strong> Ancient Egyptians, Thales of Miletus, Ben Franklin, Heinrich Hertz, Michael Faraday, Nikola Tesla<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Sorry Grade School teachers, Benjamin Franklin was not the one to discover electricity. Ancient Egyptians knew of it, even referencing what we’d one day call “Electric Eels” as the “Thunderers of the Nile.” They realized how close this was to lightning even back then. In fact, the first man to actually do extensive studies on it was a man by the name of Thales of Miletus<\/a>. He was the first to study and pioneer our most common knowledge of static electricity and how it operates.<\/p>\nThis was done sometime around 600 B.C. and his studies laid the groundwork for those that studied electricity after him. Ben Franklin did not study it until the 18th Century but was a major asset to the field. Others like Heinrich Hertz, Michael Faraday, Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Tesla were all major students of electricity. Obviously, some of them invented things within this world that we still use today. Electricity is clearly one of the greatest discoveries in history and we keep learning more about it as time goes on.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n![\"Quinine](\"https:\/\/dev.sciencesensei.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/quinine.jpg\")
Quinine Medicine. Photo Credit: Triff\/Shutterstock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nQuinine<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- Year(s) Officially Discovered:<\/strong> 1,000 to 1,600 AD<\/em><\/li>\n
- Discovery Put Into Action:<\/strong> Immediately<\/em><\/li>\n
- Team\/Person Behind The Discovery:<\/strong> Andeans, South American Jesuit Missionaries<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Quinine is an anti-malarial compound that comes from Quina-Quina Tree bark, yet somehow also made its way into tonic water over the years. We now use it in malaria-fighting drugs with great success. Jesuit Missionaries<\/a> used Quinine to treat malaria in South America dating back to around 1600 AD. Yet they were not the first to even know about it. They claimed as well as several legends surrounding the tree bark that it was used to treat malaria among the native Andean population.<\/p>\nHowever, the discovery that it helped malaria was really just luck. A tale surrounding it claims that an Andean man with a fever was lost in the jungle, as he suffered from malaria. He then drank from a pool of water near the Quina-Quina tree, which seemed to help him. While it tasted bitter, his fever lessened from the water and once he made his way home, he told his people about it. This is clearly one of the greatest discoveries ever, regardless of who discovered it.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n![\"Velcro](\"https:\/\/dev.sciencesensei.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/shutterstock_2090157238.jpg\")
Velcro tape. Photo Credit: Ekaterina43\/Shutterstock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nVELCRO<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- Year(s) Officially Discovered:<\/strong> 1941<\/em><\/li>\n
- Discovery Put Into Action:<\/strong> 1950s<\/em><\/li>\n
- Team\/Person Behind The Discovery:<\/strong> George de Mestral<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Sometimes, you stumble across something amazing when you least expect it. At least, that was the case for the Swiss Engineer, Georges de Mestral<\/a>. He did not think he was going to make one of the greatest discoveries in history back in 1941, but he did just that. Essentially, George took his dog out for a walk in the Swiss Alps. Once he came home, he realized there were some small burdock burrs stuck to his clothing. He realized that they were connected due to the little seeds on them that were completely covered with small hooks.<\/p>\nThis is clearly how they attached the fabric and fur together. This gave George an idea. What if the same types of things could be engineered into a fastening system? He saw how firmly the burrs attached and if this could be replicated into something, then boom! He did just that, effectively creating what we know today as the brand name VELCRO. It has since been used by several clothing companies as well as NASA, several Military, Fire Department, Paramedic, and Police Forces all over the world! Just to think, one of the greatest discoveries ever randomly happened after walking the dog.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n![\"Super](\"https:\/\/dev.sciencesensei.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/super-glue.jpg\")
Super glue tube. Photo Credit: Ronstik\/Shutterstock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nSuper Glue<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- Year(s) Officially Discovered:<\/strong> 1951<\/em><\/li>\n
- Discovery Put Into Action:<\/strong> 1960s<\/em><\/li>\n
- Team\/Person Behind The Discovery:<\/strong> Harry Coover, Jr. & Fred Joyner<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
In 1951, Harry Coover, Jr. made one of the single greatest discoveries in history. Yet it was not exactly his intention to discover or make Super Glue. He was actually working with clear plastic signs that were used in World War II. Mostly, he was working with a class of chemicals known as Acrylates. Yeah, the same type of stuff you see fake nails made from, ladies! While working with the stuff, Coover found that the formula he was using was far too sticky and it completely abandoned the substance it was on.<\/p>\n
During an infamous experiment in 1951, Harry yet again worked with the acrylates. Yet during this period, he was checking into it for use on heat-resistant coating for jet cockpits. However, his colleague Fred Joyner spread one of the acrylates compounds between two lenses to examine it with a refractometer. Yet could not pull them apart afterward. Coover realized they had stumbled across something incredible. A few years later they were able to make it into a working adhesive they called “Loctite.” Today, we know it as simply, Super Glue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n![\"Vaseline\"](\"https:\/\/dev.sciencesensei.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/vaseline.jpg\")
Vaseline Bottle. Photo Credit: Nagesh Sakate\/Shutterstock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nVaseline<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- Year(s) Officially Discovered:<\/strong> 1859<\/em><\/li>\n
- Discovery Put Into Action:<\/strong> Around The 1860s or 1870s<\/em><\/li>\n
- Team\/Person Behind The Discovery:<\/strong> Robert Chesebrough, Pennsylvania Oil Rig Workers<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Vaseline has been around for an incredibly long time. In fact, it is likely your great-grandparents used it at some time or another in their lives. For years, it stood out as one of the best First Aid items everyone needed in the home. Yet this only happened because of its discovery. The man behind one of the greatest discoveries ever is Robert Chesebrough<\/a>. At the time, this 22-year-old Chemist was investigating an oil well in Pennsylvania. Workers had complained that there was some sort of jelly-like substance called “rod wax” that had been messing with the machine.<\/p>\nIt would get inside them, making them malfunction and thus stopping crucial oil work. Chesebrough wanted to see what he could do to remedy the problem. To his surprise, when small cuts, burns, or sores occurred on the job, workers were often putting the Rod Wax on the affected areas. It did not make a lot of sense, so he took some of it home to experiment with it. He found that the substance did indeed actually treat burns and cuts on the skin and could be used medically. This Petroleum Jelly is called Vaseline today, and has treated cuts and burns for over 150 years!<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n![\"Theory](\"https:\/\/dev.sciencesensei.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/theory-of-relativity.jpg\")
The Theory Of Relativity. Photo Credit: CRStocker\/Shutterstock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nTheory Of Relativity<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n- Year(s) Officially Discovered:<\/strong> 1905 to 1916<\/em><\/li>\n
- Discovery Put Into Action:<\/strong> Though Theorized For Decades, It Was Applied By The 1960s For NASA<\/em><\/li>\n
- Team\/Person Behind The Discovery:<\/strong> Albert Einstein<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The Discovery of insulin happened by a complete accident. This happened when two doctors<\/a> at the University of Strasbourg were trying to find out how the pancreas affected digestion. Thus, in 1889 they decided to remove the healthy pancreas of a healthy dog. In doing so, they accidentally gave the dog diabetes. They found this out several days later when they realized flies were swarming alarmingly around the dog’s urine. Curious about this, the doctors decided to test the urine to see if any abnormalities came back.<\/p>\n They found sugar in the urine, but the two men never actually found out why this happened nor how the pancreas regulated blood sugar. Then in 1922, researchers from the University of Toronto decided to do some tests on the organ. They were able to discover that by isolating pancreatic secretion, one could create insulin. This won the team a Nobel Prize and just one year later, Eli Lily Pharmaceutical Company began selling insulin that would save the lives of millions affected by Diabetes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The organized, agreed-upon form of Mathematics was discovered around 3,000 B.C. in the Mesopotamian states of Sumer, Akkad, and infamous Assyria. They along with Ancient Egyptians began using basic math such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing. This was clearly efficient, as it was at helping them keep track of supplies, animals, and workers. They eventually began using math to help with taxation, trade, commerce, and even patterns in nature. The Ancient Mayans, for example, used math to help them form their ideology around Astrology.<\/p>\n This also allowed us to create a recorded time and calendar. The oldest two documents on early mathematics are the Babylonian Plimpton 322<\/em> & the Egyptian Rhind Mathematical Papyrus<\/em><\/a>. The Moscow Mathematical Papyrus<\/em> came out of this too. Each mentions the Pythagorean Theorem. This was referenced in Pythagorean Triples. This means Pythagoraous math is the oldest widespread math development after basic arithmetic and geometry. Of course, Archimedes would expand Geometry and he pretty much wrote the book on Algebra. Yet it was not until Issac Newton that the world was blessed with Calculus and thus, Geometry took off to a whole new level afterward. All of this goes down as some of the world’s greatest discoveries ever!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A lot of people only think about Isaac Newton when it comes to the discovery of gravity, but mankind knew about gravity for hundreds of years before this. In fact, Archimedes of Syracuse<\/a> actually discovered the center of gravity of a triangle. Based on Mathematics, which he also pioneered, he hypothesized that if two equal weights did not have the exact same center of gravity…then the center of gravity regarding the two weights would meet in the middle of a line they combine their gravity.<\/p>\n However, it was the modern form of the gravitational theory that truly revolutionized everything…and that started with Galileo. He dropped balls as well as other objects off the Tower of Pisa to prove a point about gravity. Air Resistance is to blame for objects with less mass falling slower than heavier objects. All of this opened up one of the greatest discoveries in modern history, where Isaac Newton came into play.<\/p>\n In likely the greatest Mathematics book ever published, Principia<\/em>, Newton established the universal law of gravitation. He wrote:<\/p>\n “I deduced that the forces which keep the planets in their orbs must [be] reciprocally as the squares of their distances from the centers about which they revolve: and thereby compared the force required to keep the Moon in her Orb with the force of gravity at the surface of the Earth; and found them answer pretty nearly.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n For many years, there had been a theory that the world was not flat but rather, round. The idea of this came through numerous tests where Ancient scientists were consistently seeing what could only be considered a round appearance. This was especially apparent among astronomers. Yet the idea that we could be a sphere that gravitated around something was crazy. It was weird to assume that we were moving as it’s clear everything moved around us, right?<\/p>\n Sadly for the Geocentrists, this just is not the case. The first to make this claim was Aristarchus of Samos<\/a> back in the 3rd Century B.C. or 300s. A lot of his work was lost during the Hellenistic Period among others in that timeframe. It would take over 1,000 years for a physical model to be used that helped to further prove his concept. Moreover, this was also the era that was able to prove Aristarchus right on the ever-needed mathematical level.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sadly, Aristarchus would not have had access to the type of Mathematics needed to prove his concept. It had not really been invented yet. However, by the 16th Century AD, a man named Nicolaus Copernicus did. He was the one who discovered and mathematically proved the Heliocentric System<\/a>. This discovery was groundbreaking, and even the Catholic Schools taught Copernicus’ discovery for years to come. This might very well be why the Copernican Revolution happened so easily.<\/p>\n Of course, later on, people like Johannes Kepler and Galileo Galilei helped to support Copernicus’ and Aristarchus’ concepts. They observed moons and planets in our own solar system. Yet it was not until later on when William Herschel, Friedrich Bessel, and others found that the Sun was not the center of our universe. This is in spite of previous models putting it at the center. Although it is close, as it’s near the barycenter. Clearly, these are some of the greatest discoveries in history.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n While on the surface this discovery may not seem impactful, it truly was in numerous ways. Pharoah Tutankhamun, known by many as the “Boy King” was said to have ruled over Egypt from 1334 to 1325 BCE. He comes from a long line of royal family members, especially in Egypt, that was incredibly inbred. Egyptian Royals often had sexual relations with each other, causing severe inbreeding that would be quite noticeable among many. Yet we did not realize how significant this was until King Tut. Sadly, many of the tombs of some of the iconic Pharaohs had been robbed with many bodies being messed up in the process. Yet Tut’s tomb was completely filled.<\/p>\n This was due to his connection to Akhenaten (his father) and thus, his successors struck his name from the records. In this attempt to rewrite history, they preserved his legacy. Thieves would not rob a tomb that they did know existed nor knew the name of. That led Tut’s tomb to be well-preserved and untouched for 33 centuries! Howard Carter<\/a> would find Tut along with 5,000 artifacts, many of which are still in museums all over the world. Through examination, scientists found that Tut’s parents were siblings. In 1922, we knew inbreeding had drawbacks but did not realize just how many there could be. The Tut Study proved years of inbreeding led to poor health and several deformities. Further study into royals of the past also led to knowing which were likely inbred as well as even the forms of inbreeding involved.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meteorology is the study of the weather as well as weather patterns. Funny enough, it was actually the great philosopher Aristotle<\/a> that is the inventor of not only the term but also pioneered the first studies within meteorology. The term is Greek for “the study of things high in the air.” Yet it cannot be ignored just how close it is to astrology too. You’ll likely already be aware of how important astrology was to Ancient people.<\/p>\n Therefore, it should not come as a shock that they had a term at the ready for the study of our weather. Aristotle wrote the first material on this in his book appropriately titled, Meteorology<\/em>. He felt by studying the weather, we could better plan for severe issues it caused, rather than be taken by surprise. In the book, he discusses water evaporation, earthquakes, and other weather-related material that he knew of at the time this was said to have been written, 350 BCE. Sadly, we did not have major breakthroughs in the field until hundreds of years after Aristotle’s work was published. Today, however, we have the best weather for studying data and equipment in history!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sorry Grade School teachers, Benjamin Franklin was not the one to discover electricity. Ancient Egyptians knew of it, even referencing what we’d one day call “Electric Eels” as the “Thunderers of the Nile.” They realized how close this was to lightning even back then. In fact, the first man to actually do extensive studies on it was a man by the name of Thales of Miletus<\/a>. He was the first to study and pioneer our most common knowledge of static electricity and how it operates.<\/p>\n This was done sometime around 600 B.C. and his studies laid the groundwork for those that studied electricity after him. Ben Franklin did not study it until the 18th Century but was a major asset to the field. Others like Heinrich Hertz, Michael Faraday, Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Tesla were all major students of electricity. Obviously, some of them invented things within this world that we still use today. Electricity is clearly one of the greatest discoveries in history and we keep learning more about it as time goes on.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Quinine is an anti-malarial compound that comes from Quina-Quina Tree bark, yet somehow also made its way into tonic water over the years. We now use it in malaria-fighting drugs with great success. Jesuit Missionaries<\/a> used Quinine to treat malaria in South America dating back to around 1600 AD. Yet they were not the first to even know about it. They claimed as well as several legends surrounding the tree bark that it was used to treat malaria among the native Andean population.<\/p>\n However, the discovery that it helped malaria was really just luck. A tale surrounding it claims that an Andean man with a fever was lost in the jungle, as he suffered from malaria. He then drank from a pool of water near the Quina-Quina tree, which seemed to help him. While it tasted bitter, his fever lessened from the water and once he made his way home, he told his people about it. This is clearly one of the greatest discoveries ever, regardless of who discovered it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Sometimes, you stumble across something amazing when you least expect it. At least, that was the case for the Swiss Engineer, Georges de Mestral<\/a>. He did not think he was going to make one of the greatest discoveries in history back in 1941, but he did just that. Essentially, George took his dog out for a walk in the Swiss Alps. Once he came home, he realized there were some small burdock burrs stuck to his clothing. He realized that they were connected due to the little seeds on them that were completely covered with small hooks.<\/p>\n This is clearly how they attached the fabric and fur together. This gave George an idea. What if the same types of things could be engineered into a fastening system? He saw how firmly the burrs attached and if this could be replicated into something, then boom! He did just that, effectively creating what we know today as the brand name VELCRO. It has since been used by several clothing companies as well as NASA, several Military, Fire Department, Paramedic, and Police Forces all over the world! Just to think, one of the greatest discoveries ever randomly happened after walking the dog.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In 1951, Harry Coover, Jr. made one of the single greatest discoveries in history. Yet it was not exactly his intention to discover or make Super Glue. He was actually working with clear plastic signs that were used in World War II. Mostly, he was working with a class of chemicals known as Acrylates. Yeah, the same type of stuff you see fake nails made from, ladies! While working with the stuff, Coover found that the formula he was using was far too sticky and it completely abandoned the substance it was on.<\/p>\n During an infamous experiment in 1951, Harry yet again worked with the acrylates. Yet during this period, he was checking into it for use on heat-resistant coating for jet cockpits. However, his colleague Fred Joyner spread one of the acrylates compounds between two lenses to examine it with a refractometer. Yet could not pull them apart afterward. Coover realized they had stumbled across something incredible. A few years later they were able to make it into a working adhesive they called “Loctite.” Today, we know it as simply, Super Glue<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Vaseline has been around for an incredibly long time. In fact, it is likely your great-grandparents used it at some time or another in their lives. For years, it stood out as one of the best First Aid items everyone needed in the home. Yet this only happened because of its discovery. The man behind one of the greatest discoveries ever is Robert Chesebrough<\/a>. At the time, this 22-year-old Chemist was investigating an oil well in Pennsylvania. Workers had complained that there was some sort of jelly-like substance called “rod wax” that had been messing with the machine.<\/p>\n It would get inside them, making them malfunction and thus stopping crucial oil work. Chesebrough wanted to see what he could do to remedy the problem. To his surprise, when small cuts, burns, or sores occurred on the job, workers were often putting the Rod Wax on the affected areas. It did not make a lot of sense, so he took some of it home to experiment with it. He found that the substance did indeed actually treat burns and cuts on the skin and could be used medically. This Petroleum Jelly is called Vaseline today, and has treated cuts and burns for over 150 years!<\/p>\n <\/p>\nMathematics<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Gravity<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Heliocentric View Of The World<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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The Copernican System<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Discovery Of King Tut’s Tomb<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Meteorology<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Electricity<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Quinine<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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VELCRO<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Super Glue<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Vaseline<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Theory Of Relativity<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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