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Science

234 items  ·  20,000 BC to 2,018  ·  4 of 222 shown, by interest

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America 1
1809 – 1882
Biology
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Charles Darwin, Evolution Theory - 1859
Charles Darwin, Evolution Theory - 1859
Charles Robert Darwin was an English naturalist who realised and presented compelling evidence…
Europe + Africa + Middle East 2
20000 BC
Mathematics
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Ishango Bone, Mathematical Tool - 1960
Ishango Bone, Mathematical Tool - 1960
The Ishango bone is a bone tool, dated to the Upper Paleolithic era, about 18000 to 20000 BC.…
460 BC – 370 BC
Physics
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Democritus, 1st Atomic Theory
Democritus, 1st Atomic Theory
Democritus ("chosen of the people") was an Ancient Greek philosopher born in Abdera, Thrace,…
Asia + Oceania 1
476 – 550
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Aryabhata, Inventor of the Digit Zero
Aryabhata, Inventor of the Digit Zero
Aryabhata is the first of the great astronomers of the classical age of India. He was born in…
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