The World's Greatest 10 Discoveries or Inventions.

[BTox]

Surprised no one has mentioned vaccinations... that would be #1 from a medical/health standpoint on my list. The others are well covered.

[aman]

Fermentation

Distilation

I'll drink to that.

Just aman

[Glider]

BTox said in post #26 :

Surprised no one has mentioned vaccinations... that would be #1 from a medical/health standpoint on my list. The others are well covered.

Good point. I think it's because nobody appreciates the absence of illness until they're sick. In the same vein (so to speak), when given a vaccination, the use of a modern triaxially ground hypodermic needle would only be appreciated if they were shown the rusty hollow nail they used to use for injections and phlebotomy.

[newbie]

Frequency modulation

(Love my radio)

 

Superconductivity

(My particle accelerator is bigger than your's)

 

Radar

(Important but boring for me)

 

Lightning rod

(Thanks Ben!)

 

Elevator

(I am lazy)

 

Atomic bomb/Hydrogen bomb

'The genius of Einstein leads to Hiroshima.'

-Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)

[blike]

Atomic bomb/Hydrogen bomb

 

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