0

The
Big Bang

3 sec

Elements
Form

3000000yrs

Matter
Domination
Era

 

 

 

 

 

bc

c.5000

Copper

c.3500

Iron

c.450

Atomism

c.400

Earth, Air,
Fire &
Water

260

Archimedes

 

ad
1st - 11th
century

700

Arabic
Alchemy

 

 

 

 

 

11th
century

1020

Arabic
Medicine

1066

Halley's
Comet

1086

Magnetic
Compass

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12th
century

1107

Printed
Money

1155

Printed
Map

 

 

 

 

13th
century

1242

Roger Bacon

1250

Arsenic

 

 

 

 

14th
century

1332

Distillation
of Wine

 

 

15th
century

1480

Da Vinci
Parachute

pre 1500

Zinc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16th
century

1500

Bismuth

1510

Copernicus

1590

Compound
Microscope

1592

First
Thermometer

1597

Chemistry
Textbook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17th
century

1614

Logarithms

1645

Vacuums

1658

Red
Blood Cells

1662

Boyle's
Law

1665

Newton
"Annus
Mirabilis"

1669

Phosphorus

1687

Newton's
Laws of
Motion

1698

Steam
Powered
Pump

 

 

 

 

 

18th
century

1700

Platinum

1737

Longitude
at Sea

1751

Nickel

1756

Carbon
Dioxide

1766

Hydrogen

1774

Oxygen

1787

Chemical
Nomenclature

1798

Vaccination

1799

Volta

1799

Stoichiometry

 

 

 

 

 

1800 - 1859

1802

Lussac
Gases

1803

Dalton
Atomic
Theory

1808

Law of
Combining
Volumes

1811

Avogadros
Law

1817

Chlorophyll

1818

Element
Symbols

1823

Döbereiner
Firelighter

1828

Organic
Molecule

1833

Electrolysis

1856

Synthetic
Dye

1859

Spectroscopy

1859

Evolution

 

1860 - 1899

1864

Benzene

1866

Dry Cell
Battery

1867

Dynamite

1869

Mendeleev
Periodic
Table

1879

Lightbulb

1884

Le Chatelier

1892

Dewar
Flask

1895

X-Rays

1897

The
Electron

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1900 - 1919

1905

Special
Relativity

1908

Helium

1911

Polonium

1911

Atomic
Theory

1912

Period
&
Luminosity

1913

Atomic
Model

1913

Isotopes

1916

General
Relativity

1916

Theory
of
Adsorption

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1920 - 1949

1920

Van Der
Waals
Equation

1925

Centrifuge

1925

Wave
Mechanics

1926

Quantum
Mechanics

1927

Lemaître
Big Bang

1927

Uncertainty
Principle

1928

Penicillin

1935

Radar

1935

Nylon

1942

Pap Stain

1945

Nuclear
Fission

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1950 - 1959

1952

Polio
Vaccine

1953

Maser

1953

DNA

1954

Nuclear
Power
Reactor

1954

Ziegler-
Natta
Catalysts

1955

Vitamin B12

1956

Synthesis
of
Morphine

1957

Poly-
carbonate
Plastics

1958

Superglue

1959

Two
Cultures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1960 - 1969

1960

Contraceptive
Pill

1960

Laser

1961

Silicon
Chip

1962

Lycra®

1963

Valium®

1963

Nuclear
Shell
Structure

1964

Kevlar®

1965

NutraSweet®

1966

Synthesis
of
Insulin

1967

Synthesis
of
DNA

1968

Deciphering
RNA

1969

Salbutamol

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1970 - 1979

1970

LCD

1970

Birth of
String
Theory

1971

Human
Growth
Hormone

1972

Synthesis
of
Vitamin B12

1972

Butterfly
Effect

1972

Texas
Calculator

1973

CCD Chip

1974

Catalytic
Converters

1975

North Sea
Oil

1975

Fractals

1976

Tagamet®

1977

Apple
Computer

1977

Conducting
Polymers

1978

p53

1978

Genetically
Engineered
Insulin

1979

Artificial
Blood

 

1980 - 1989

1980

RSC

1981

STM

1982

MRI

1983

PCR

1984

DNA
Fingerprinting

1985

Buckminster-
fullerene

1986

2 in 1
Shampoo

1987

Shape-
memory
Plastics

1988

3D
Reaction
Centre

1988

Beta
Blockers

1989

Viagra®

 

 

 

 

 

 

1990 - 1999

1990

Gene
Therapy

1991

Nuclear
Fusion

1992

Electron
Transfer
Theory

1993

Taxol®

1994

Genetic
Testing

1994

Hubble

1995

Atmospheric
Chemistry

1996

Dolly

1997

ATP

1997

Expansion
of the
Universe

1998

Nicotine

1999

Femtosecond
Spectroscopy

 

21st
century

2001

Human
Genome
Sequenced

2001

Gleevec®

2048

Nano-
technology

2050

Thermo-
nuclear
Fusion