#8: Optimus Prime Transforms For The First Time
July 19, 2007
Accidental Blogger captures Discover magazine’s list of The 7 Most Wondrous Moments in Science. The entire post is worth a read, but the featured list is:
- Otto Lowei: discovering the chemical transmission of nerve impulses
- René Descartes: developing the Cartesian co-ordinate system of perpendicular lines and planes
- Nikola Tesla: designing the alternate current motor
- Edwin Hubble: discovering the existence of galaxies outside the Milky Way
- Robert Hooke: discovery of the cell as the building block of all living organisms
- Henry Becquerel: discovery of radioactivity
- Alexander Fleming: discovery of penicillin
There’s more on the Discover blog, too.
I'm going to be giggling at #8 for a long time
If you haven't already, read Tesla's biography. Would make a great HBO biopic IMO (do they still do those?). There's also a book called "7 Ideas that shook the universe" about some of the fundamental scientific principles that challenged the dogma of their day.