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[See Part 1 above.]
TOP SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS Part 2
COMMENTS ON WIKIPEDIA'S LIST OF TOP SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS OF THE 19TH AND 20TH CENTURIES
[Comments on each finding follow these marks: >>]
19th century Findings
1802 – Teleological evolution >> If life has only existed a few thousand years, then evolution would have to occur rapidly, if at all, which is possible.
1805 – Atomic Theory >> Yes, I guess this means the periodic table of elements.
1820 – Electromagnetism >> Yes, Forces were measured, but the process isn't yet well understood.
1824 – Heat engine Carnot cycle >> yes
1827 – Ohm's law (Electricity) >> yes
1827 – Avogadro's gas law >> yes
1828 – Urea >> yes
1830 - Non-Euclidean geometry >> No, It's imaginary, not real.
1831 – Electromagnetic induction >> yes, vaguely
1833 – Semiconductors >> yes
1833 – Enzyme, diastase >> yes
1838 – Plant cells >> yes
1838 – Stellar parallax >> No, only planets are close enough to be measured by parallax.
1842 – Doppler effect of sound waves >> yes
1843 – Conservation of energy >> yes
1846 – Neptune >> yes
1848 – absolute zero temperature >> yes, approx.
1858 – Cells arise from pre-existing cells >> yes
1859 – Theory of evolution >> See 1802.
1861 - Germ theory >> No, diseases are only partially caused by "germs", but mostly by poor nutrition and lifestyle. See Search box at
http://mercola.com.
1864 – Theory of electromagnetism >> yes, vaguely
1865 – Mendel's laws of inheritance for genetics >> yes, close
1865 – Entropy >> yes, applicable to closed systems, apparently
1869 – Periodic table of elements >> yes
1871 – Diffuse sky radiation (Rayleigh scattering) >> No, see
http://MilesMathis.com.
1873 – Thermionic emission >> yes, vaguely
1875 – Crookes tube and cathode rays >> yes, vaguely
1876 – Chemical thermodynamics phase rule >> Yes, I think that means solid, liquid, gas.
1877 – Statistical entropy >> Yes, or does that mean statistics lose energy?
1880 – Piezoelectricity >> yes
1887 – Aether disproof >> No, the MM experiment only disproved local aether wind, probably.
1888 – Liquid crystals >> yes
1895 – X-rays >> yes
1896 – Radioactivity >> yes
1897 – Electron >> Yes, but they don't orbit; instead atoms rotate. See 1871.
1898 – Plum pudding model of atoms >> No, see 1897.
1898 – Elements polonium & radium >> yes
1900 – Planck's law of black body radiation >> yes, vaguely
20th century Findings
1905 – Theories of special relativity, Brownian motion, & photoelectric effect >> yes, vaguely
1906 – Third law of thermodynamics >> yes, I guess
1907 – Arsphenamine, first modern medicine >> No, any drug that has side effects is poisonous and not healthful. See 1861.
1909 – Haber Process to make ammonia >> yes
1909 – Charge on an electron >> yes
1911 – Atomic nucleus >> yes
1911 – Superconductivity >> yes
1912 – Continental drift >> Yes, but it occurred rapidly, not gradually. See
http://NewGeology.us.
1912 – X-ray diffraction >> yes
1913 – Nuclear atomic number >> yes
1913 – Model of atom >> No, see 1871.
1915 – Theory of general relativity >> No, doubtful, see 1871.
1915 – Schwarzschild radius >> No, see 1871.
1918 – Limits of conservation laws >> yes, I guess
1920 – Theory of stellar nuclear power >> No, not from the Sun's core, but from the boundary between the positive top electrical double-layer and the next deeper negative double-layer. See
http://qdl.scs-inc.us/?top=5237 .
1922 – Insulin for diabetes >> Yes, but diabetes is caused mainly by excess fructose, mostly from table sugar, so reducing fructose or sucrose intake usually prevents it. See 1861.
1924 – Pauli exclusion principle >> yes
1924 – Galaxies >> yes
1925 – Schrödinger equation (Quantum mechanics) >> No, see 1871.
1925 – Elemental composition of Sun & Universe >> yes
1927 – Uncertainty principle (Quantum mechanics) >> No, see 1871.
1927 – Theory of Big Bang >> No, redshift is caused by velocity of bipolar jets, not velocity or distance of objects.
1928 – Dirac equation (Quantum mechanics) >> No, see 1871.
1929 – Expanding universe >> No, see 1927.
1928 – Penicillin, first antibiotic >> Yes, but antibiotics destroy good gut bacteria, causing Leaky Gut and Allergies, etc. Probiotics should always accompany antibiotics, or alternatives to antibiotics should be used. See 1861.
1929 – Potential fourth law of thermodynamics >> I don't know.
1932 – Neutron >> yes
1934 – Calorie restriction for maximum lifespan >> Yes, see 1861.
1938 – Nuclear fission >> yes
1938 – Nuclear magnetic resonance >> yes
1943 – DNA as genetic material >> Maybe, but so far all DNA is known to do is code for protein synthesis within cells.
1945 - Mass production of penicillin >> Yes, but the cost/benefit ratio needs to be determined.
1947 – Transistor >> yes
1948 – Mathematical Information theory >> I don't know.
1948 – Quantum electrodynamics >> No, see 1871.
1951 – First cancer cell line, HeLa >> Yes, but it's useless. See 1861.
1952 – Polio vaccine >> It has done much more harm than good. See 1861.
1953 – Helical structure of DNA >> yes
1963 – Paleomagnetic stripes in ocean crust >> Yes, but they formed rapidly, not gradually. See 1912a.
1964 – Theory of subatomic quarks >> No, there are no quarks. See 1871.
1964 – CMBR: Universal cosmic microwave background radiation >> No, it's not cosmic background radiation; it's locally produced radiation within the galaxy or the solar system. See 1871.
1965 – Hayflick limit of cell divisions >> yes, I guess
1967 – Pulsar: rapidly pulsing star >> Yes, but they're not neutron stars; they're exotics. See
http://qdl.scs-inc.us/?top=5738 .
1983 – Polymerase chain reaction in molecular biology >> yes, I guess
1986 – High-temperature superconductivity >> yes
1994 - Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem >> I don't know
1995 – First exoplanet >> yes
1995 - First Bose-Einstein Condensate with atomic gases >> I don't know
1997 – Cloned sheep >> yes
1997 – Top quark >> No, see 1871.
1998 – Dark Energy & High-Z Supernova: accelerated expansion of Universe >> No, see
http://qdl.scs-inc.us/?top=9273 .
2000 – Tau neutrino >> No, see 1871.