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Oct4-05, 08:13 PM   #1
 

Impact of Scientific Ideas


What are some scientific ideas you think had the greatest impact on society? It'd be nice to have a few that aren't "obvious."

(don't mention the transistor )
 
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Oct4-05, 09:33 PM   #2
 
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Here's one that I think is vastly overlooked:
The discovery/development of the phase transformations of steel. Just try to think of where this world would be today without the use of steel as we know it.
 
Oct4-05, 09:52 PM   #3
 
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[QUOTE=cscott]What are some scientific ideas you think had the greatest impact on society? It'd be nice to have a few that aren't "obvious."...[QUOTE]

This might be obvious, but I think the “internet” has had the greatest impact on society.


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Oct4-05, 10:31 PM   #4
 

Impact of Scientific Ideas


Wheel and paper
 
Oct5-05, 04:32 AM   #5
 
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[QUOTE=GENIERE][QUOTE=cscott]What are some scientific ideas you think had the greatest impact on society? It'd be nice to have a few that aren't "obvious."...

This might be obvious, but I think the “internet” has had the greatest impact on society.
Unless I misread something, the "internet" was more of a "military idea" than a scientific idea.

The world wide web, on the other hand, came out of a scientific need to share data.

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Oct5-05, 11:12 PM   #6
 
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The engine, that is, the concept of turning chemical energy into mechanical energy.

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Oct5-05, 11:24 PM   #7
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Oil + heat + food = yum!
 
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