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Theory of relativity
Two interrelated physics theories by Albert Einstein
The theory of relativity comprises two physics theories by Albert Einstein: special relativity and general relativity, proposed and published in 1905 and 1915, respectively. Special relativity applies…
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Change in the heritable traits of populations
Evolution
Evolution is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. It occur…
Molecule that carries genetic information
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double he…
Investigation of outer space
Space exploration
Space exploration is the physical investigation of outer space by uncrewed robotic space probes and through human spacef…
World War II Allied nuclear weapons program
Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was a research and development program undertaken during World War II to produce the first nuclear…
1760–1840 agrarian to industrial era shift
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution, sometimes called the First Industrial Revolution in contrast to the subsequent Second Industr…
English polymath (1642–1727)
Isaac Newton
Sir Isaac Newton was an English polymath who was a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, alchemist, theologian, author a…
Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)
Marie Curie
Maria Salomea Skłodowska Curie, better known as Marie Curie, was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist. …