Intro to Science Timeline

Fred Hoyle describes how new elements are made in stars

• 1989

• 1946

• 1937

• 1941

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The Higgs boson is detected by CERN.

• 1989

• 2010

• 2013

• 2012

Stephen Hawking shows that black holes emit low-level radiation.

• 1974

• 2018

• 1922

• 1947

Richard Feynman works on the new discipline of quantum electrodynamics

• 1947

• 1945

• 1948

• 1949

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Murray Gell-Mann puts forward the idea of quarks, leading to the standard model of particle physics.

• 1977

• 2023

• 1937

• 1964

Barbara McClintock demonstrates genetic recombination showing how genes can move around on a chromosome.

• 1951

• 1977

• 1923

• 1835

Craig Venter claims to be able to design synthetic life forms.

• 1922

• 2010

• 1937

• 2000

Charles Keeling shows that the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air is increasing.

• 1941

• 1937

• 1961

• 1877

Harold Urey and Stabley Miller demonstrate a possible chemical mechanism for the origin of life.

• 1953

• 1999

• 1888

• 1777

James Watson and Francis Crick discover the chemical structure of DNA

• 1778

• 1998

• 1999

• 1953